Where does “poderoso” come from?

poderoso (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese poder, from Old Portuguese poder, from Vulgar Latin potere, from Latin possum, from Proto-Italic *possom.

poderoso (Portuguese): powerful

Definitions

  1. powerful

Ancestry of “poderoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepoderpower; possession; Only used in em poder de;...
2Old Portuguesepoder—
3Vulgar Latinpotereto be able; second-person singular present...
4LatinpossumI am able, I can, I may
5Proto-Italic*possom—

Words derived from “poderoso”

Every word from Proto-Italic *possom →Every word from Latin possum →Every word from Vulgar Latin potere →