Where does “răsputere” come from?

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

Ancestry of “răsputere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianputereforce; power
2Vulgar Latinpotereto be able; second-person singular present...
3LatinpossumI am able, I can, I may
4Proto-Italic*possom—
Every word from Proto-Italic *possom →Every word from Latin possum →Every word from Vulgar Latin potere →