potentia
Latin
noun
Definitions
- force, power, might
- ability, capacity
- political power, authority, influence, sway
- crutch, walking aid (Middle Latin only)
Etymology
Affix from Latin potēns (powerful, mighty, potent, strong, able).
Origin
Latin
potēns
Gloss
powerful, mighty, potent, strong, able
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
強
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biopotency English
- bipotency English
- equipotency English
- essive English
- immunopotency English
- multipotency English
- oligopotency English
- plenipotentiary English
- potence English
- potency English
- potential English
- prepotency English
- subpotency English
- superpotency English
- suttee English
- unipotency English
- potenssi Finnish
- potentiaali Finnish
- *potēre Latin
- absens Latin
- armipotens Latin
- astripotens Latin
- bellipotens Latin
- cortinipotens Latin
- essentia Latin
- interesse Latin
- omnipotens Latin
- posse, possum Latin
- possibilis Latin
- possum Latin
- potens, potentis Latin
- potentialis Latin
- potentiālis Latin
- potentātus Latin
- potēns Latin
- praepotens Latin
- quinta essentia Latin
- potenciális Hungarian
- contropotere Italian
- equipotenza Italian
- esserino Italian
- iperpotenza Italian
- plenipotenza Italian
- pluripotenza Italian
- potenza Italian
- potenziale Italian
- potenziare Italian
- potenziometro Italian
- potere Italian
- riessere Italian
- strapotenza Italian
- strapotere Italian
- superpotenza Italian
- superpotere Italian
- potentie Dutch, Flemish
- potentieel Dutch, Flemish
- gibier de potence French
- multipotence French
- potence French
- potentiel French
- équipotence French
- потенция Russian
- omnipotencia Spanish, Castilian
- pluripotencia Spanish, Castilian
- potencia Spanish, Castilian
- potencial Spanish, Castilian
- potencialidad Spanish, Castilian
- potenciar Spanish, Castilian
- superpotencia Spanish, Castilian
- Εὐνίκη Ancient Greek
- Εὔβοια Ancient Greek
- εὐ- Ancient Greek
- εὐαγγέλιον Ancient Greek
- εὐαγγελίζω Ancient Greek
- εὐδαιμονία Ancient Greek
- εὐδοκέω Ancient Greek
- εὐλογέω Ancient Greek
- εὐσεβής Ancient Greek
- εὐτυχία Ancient Greek
- εὐτύχημα Ancient Greek
- εὐώδης Ancient Greek
- εὔσκιος Ancient Greek
- εὔφρων Ancient Greek
- εὔψυχος Ancient Greek
- οὐσία Ancient Greek
- πάρειμι Ancient Greek
- ἐσθλός Ancient Greek
- ὤν Ancient Greek
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁) Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁s-n̥t-yós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁s-ónt-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sn̥t-yó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁su- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sónts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ónt-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁wésus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- potens Norwegian Bokmål
- potensial Norwegian Bokmål
- impotência Portuguese
- omnipotência Portuguese
- potencial Portuguese
- potência Portuguese
- prepotência Portuguese
- superpotência Portuguese
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *izum, *wesaną, *izud Proto-Germanic
- *sanþaz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōniz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōną Proto-Germanic
- *sundijō Proto-Germanic
- *sundī Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- potens Swedish
- potentiell Swedish
- potens Norwegian Nynorsk
- potensial Norwegian Nynorsk
- अस्ति Sanskrit
- अस्मिता Sanskrit
- er Old Norse
- hvars Old Norse
- sannleikr Old Norse
- اِسْتَطاعَ Arabic
- potence Old French
- potencial Catalan, Valencian
- potență Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- putea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- putință Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- potensi Indonesian
- wesen Middle Dutch
- потенциален Bulgarian
- sīn Old Dutch
- *esti Proto-Celtic
- wesen Middle Low German
- *Has- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sīn Old Saxon
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic