Etymology

puissance

puis·sance
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Today it means: power, might or potency Full definition →

Middle English puissaunce ← Anglo-Norman puissance ← Old French puissant
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  1. Old French · derived frompuissant“powerful”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived frompuissance
  3. Middle English · inherited frompuissaunce
  4. English todaypuissance

From Middle English puissaunce, from Anglo-Norman puissance, pusaunce, and other forms, from Old French puissant (“powerful”).

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