Etymograph

English

repotentise

From re- + potent + -ise.

Formed from re- + potent + -ise

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *pótis ‘owner, master, host, husband’

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Latin potis ‘able, powerful, originally a lord, master’

Latin posse ‘to be able’

Latin potens ‘powerful, strong, potent’

Middle English potent ‘staff, crutch’

English potent

Today it means

verb —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “repotentise”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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