Where does “potenciamiento” come from?
potenciamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish potenciar, from Spanish potencia, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis, from Proto-Indo-European pótis — to drink.
potenciamiento (Spanish): enhancement, promotion
Definitions
- enhancement, promotion
Ancestry of “potenciamiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | potenciar | to promote, strengthen |
| 2 | Spanish | potencia | power, potency; powerlifting |
| 3 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 4 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 5 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 6 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |