Where does “potere” come from?

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

potere (Vulgar Latin): to be able; second-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. to be able; second-person singular present...

Ancestry of “potere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpossumI am able, I can, I may
2Proto-Italic*possom—

Words derived from “potere”

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