Proto-Italic

*potis

‘master, in control of’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *potis.

9 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *potis, most familiar first.

• potential ← potentialis ← potentia ← potens ← *potēnts
• impossible ← impossibilis ← possibilis ← possum ← *possom
• possibility ← possibilite ← possibilité ← possibilite ← possibilitās
• potent ← potens ← posse ← 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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *potis