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词根:-pot-, -poss-

【词根含义】:能,能够

【词根来源】:拉丁语动词possum, posse, potui, -(能,能够)来源于早期拉丁语动词短语potis esse(能,能够)。posse的前身是古拉丁语potere(能,能够)。 

【同源单词】:impotence, impotency, impotent, multipotent, omnipotence

词根词缀:-ibility

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix that means "able to [be]"; a variation of -ability

【同源单词】accessibility, admissibility, audibility, biocompatible, biological plausibility, compatibility

词根词缀:poten-, pot-, poss-, -potent, -potence, -potency, -potential

【来源及含义】Latin: power, strength, ability, able; having authority over; rule over, command of

【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "master, lead, leading, ruler, ruling, govern": -agogic; agon-; arch-; -crat; dom-; gov-; magist-; regi-; tyran-.

【同源单词】armipotent, astripotence, auripotence, bellipotence, bellipotent, biopotency