Etymology

poustie

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Today it means: Power, authority, strength, health. Full definition →

Middle English pouste ← Anglo-Norman pousté ← Old French poesté
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompotestās“power”
  2. Old French · derived frompoesté
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived frompousté
  4. Middle English · inherited frompouste
  5. English todaypoustie

From Middle English pouste, from Anglo-Norman pousté, Old French poesté, posté etc., from (the stem of) Latin potestās (“power”). Doublet of podesta.

Words from the same roots

Latinpotestās all →

podestapotestate

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