Where does “putere” come from?

putere (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin potere, from Latin possum, from Proto-Italic *possom.

putere (Romanian): force; power

Definitions

  1. force; power

Ancestry of “putere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpotereto be able; second-person singular present...
2LatinpossumI am able, I can, I may
3Proto-Italic*possom—

Words derived from “putere”

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