## Etymology
From Old French potence ('power'), from Latin potentia ('power, might'), from potens ('powerful'), present participle of posse ('to be able').

## AI Etymology
Potence is from Old French potence ('power'), from Latin potentia ('power, might'), from potens ('powerful'), present participle of posse ('to be able'). Important recorded forms include potentia (Latin) and posse (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers power, potency, or strength. The wider family includes related words such as potent, potency, potentate, and impotence.

## Topics
- Energy & Industry
- Word Formation & Derivatives

markdown

potence

Meanings

Thesaurus

Etymology

Topics

External links

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback