Where does “potencialización” come from?
potencialización (Spanish) comes from Spanish potencializar, from Spanish potencial, from Late Latin potentialis, from Dutch potentiaal, from German potenzial, from Latin potentialis, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns — to drink.
potencialización (Spanish): potentialization
Definitions
- potentialization
Ancestry of “potencialización”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | potencializar | to potentiate |
| 2 | Spanish | potencial | potential; conditional tense |
| 3 | Late Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 4 | Dutch | potentiaal | — |
| 5 | German | potenzial | potential |
| 6 | Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 7 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 8 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 9 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 10 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |