Proto-Indo-European

*pótis

‘master, ruler’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *pótis.

11 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pótis, most familiar first.

• potential ← potentialis ← potentia ← potens ← *potēnts
• impossible ← impossibilis ← possibilis ← possum ← *possom
• possibility ← possibilite ← possibilité ← possibilite ← possibilitās
• possess ← possessen ← possesser ← possessus
• potent ← potens ← posse ← potis ← *potis
• potency ← potentia ← potēns ← *potēnts ← *potēō
• impotence ← impotentia ← impotēns ← potēns ← *potēnts
• prepotent ← praepotens ← potēns ← *potēnts ← *potēō
• possibilism ← possibilisme ← possible ← possibilis ← possum
• possibilitate ← possibilis ← possum ← *possom ← *som
• vanaspati ← वनस्पति ← पति ← *pátiš

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pótis