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potency (n.)

"power, inherent strength, ability to accomplish or effect," mid-15c., potencie, from Latin potentia "power," from potentem "potent," from potis "powerful, able, capable," from PIE root *poti- "powerful; lord." 

Entries linking to potency

*poti- 

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "powerful; lord." 

It forms all or part of: bashaw; compos mentis; despot; hospodar; host (n.1) "person who receives guests;" idempotent; impotent; omnipotent; pasha; plenipotentiary; posse; possess; possible; potence; potency; potent; potentate; potential; potentiate; potentiometer; power; totipotent. 

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit patih "master, husband;" Greek posis, Lithuanian patis "husband;" Latin potis "powerful, able, capable; possible." 

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Definitions of potency

potency (n.)
the power or right to give orders or make decisions;
a place of potency in the state
Synonyms: authority / authorization / authorisation / dominance / say-so
potency (n.)
capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;
the toxin's potency
Synonyms: effectiveness / strength
potency (n.)
the inherent capacity for coming into being;
Synonyms: potential / potentiality
potency (n.)
the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse;
Synonyms: potence
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