Etymology

impotence

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Today it means: Powerlessness; incapacity. Full definition →

Middle French impotence ← Latin impotentia
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  1. Latin · derived fromimpotentia
  2. Middle French · derived fromimpotence
  3. English todayimpotence

From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.