omnipotent
/ɒmˈnɪpətənt/om-NIH-puh-tuhnt
/ɑmˈnɪpətənt/ahm-NIH-puh-tuhnt
Meaningall-powerful
Common meaning: all-powerful
- omniall, every
- potto be able; powerfulLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1408 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
‘all, every’ + ‘to be able’ → omnipotent
Journey through time
- Latinpossum; potēns‘to be able’
- Frenchomnipotent
- Englishomnipotent‘all-powerful’ · today
omni- also in: omnivorous
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin possum; potēns ‘to be able; powerful’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry possum, p. 1408 · dictionary scan
Roots
- possum; potēns Latin “to be able; powerful”
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