The story
- Latin · derived frompotestās
- Old French · derived frompotestat
- Middle English · inherited frompotestat
- English todaypotestate
From Middle English potestat, from Old French potestat, from Latin potestās, potestātem.
Words from the same roots
Latinpotestās all →
podestapoustie
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.