Where does “potențiometru” come from?
potențiometru (Romanian) comes from French potentiomètre, from French potentiel, from Latin potentialis, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis — to drink.
potențiometru (Romanian): potentiometer
Definitions
- potentiometer
Ancestry of “potențiometru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | potentiomètre | potentiometer |
| 2 | French | potentiel | potential |
| 3 | Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 4 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 5 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 6 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 7 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |