potent
English
/ˈpəʊt(ə)nt/, /ˈpoʊt(ə)nt/
adj
Definitions
- Possessing strength.
- Powerfully effective.
- Having a sharp or offensive taste.
- (of a male) Able to procreate.
- Very powerful or effective.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English potent derived from Latin potens, potentis (potent, powerful, strong) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (be, exist).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁es-
Gloss
be, exist
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterpotential English
- biopotent English
- biopotential English
- bipotential English
- counterpotent English
- counterpotenty English
- depotentiate English
- eigenpotential English
- electropotential English
- equipotent English
- equipotential English
- equipotently English
- essive English
- geopotential English
- hydropotential English
- idem English
- idempotent English
- idempotently English
- immunopotent English
- immunopotential English
- inequipotent English
- interpotential English
- isopotential English
- monopotent English
- multipotent English
- multipotential English
- myopotential English
- nil English
- nilpotent English
- nilpotently English
- nonidempotent English
- nonpluripotent English
- nonpotential English
- nullipotent English
- nullus English
- oligopotent English
- overpotent English
- overpotential English
- pluripotent English
- pluripotently English
- polypotent English
- postpotential English
- potential English
- potentialism English
- potentialist English
- potentiality English
- potentialize English
- potentially English
- potentiate English
- potentization English
- potentize English
- potently English
- potentness English
- potenty English
- prepotent English
- prepotential English
- prepotently English
- pseudopotential English
- quasinilpotent English
- quasipotential English
- subpotent English
- subpotential English
- superpotent English
- superpotential English
- suttee English
- totipotent English
- tripotential English
- ultrapotent English
- underpotential English
- unipotent English
- unipotential English
- unipotently English
- vectorpotential English
- absens Latin
- essentia Latin
- interesse Latin
- posse, possum Latin
- possibilis Latin
- possum Latin
- potens, potentis Latin
- potentia Latin
- potentialis Latin
- potentiālis Latin
- quinta essentia Latin
- totus Latin
- esserino Italian
- riessere Italian
- 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
- *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
- अस्ति Sanskrit
- अस्मिता Sanskrit
- potent Middle English
- poitéinseal Irish
- poitéinsiúil Irish
- er Old Norse
- hvars Old Norse
- sannleikr Old Norse
- wesen Middle Dutch
- פוטנציאלי Hebrew (modern)
- sīn Old Dutch
- *esti Proto-Celtic
- wesen Middle Low German
- *Has- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sīn Old Saxon
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- nil
- idem
- suttee
- nullus
- essive
- potenty
- potently
- prepotent
- biopotent
- unipotent
- subpotent
- nilpotent
- potential
- potentize
- totipotent
- idempotent
- polypotent
- monopotent
- equipotent
- potentness
- potentiate
- overpotent
- unipotently
- multipotent
- superpotent
- prepotently
- nilpotently
- oligopotent
- potentially
- ultrapotent
- bipotential
- nullipotent
- pluripotent
- equipotently
- potentialist
- immunopotent
- tripotential
- myopotential
- depotentiate
- potentiality
- potentialism
- geopotential
- unipotential
- inequipotent
- potentialize
- prepotential
- nonpotential
- subpotential
- idempotently
- biopotential
- isopotential
- nonidempotent
- postpotential
- equipotential
- potentization
- pluripotently
- counterpotent
- overpotential
- afterpotential
- underpotential
- eigenpotential
- superpotential
- hydropotential
- nonpluripotent
- quasipotential
- quasinilpotent
- counterpotenty
- multipotential
- interpotential
- immunopotential
- pseudopotential
- vectorpotential
- electropotential