Etymology

empowered

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Today it means: Having been given powers. Full definition →

English empower ← Middle English power ← Anglo-Norman poer
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishem-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  9. Proto-Italic*potis
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
  14. Proto-Italic*som
  15. Proto-Italic*possom
  16. Latinposse
  17. Vulgar Latinpotēre
  18. Old Frenchpooir
  19. Anglo-Normanpoer
  20. Middle Englishpower
  21. Englishpower
  22. Englishempower
  23. English todayempowered

From empower + -ed.

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