Etymology

in potentia

Today it means: Potentially; in posse but not in esse. Full definition →

Latin in potentia
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromin potentia
  2. English todayin potentia

Borrowed from Latin in potentia, from in (“in”) + potentiā, ablative singular form of potentia (“force; power”).

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