pot
powerful; to be able
Latin · potis; posse, potens
Pot words come from the Latin word for power and being able. Something potent is strong, potential is power not yet used, and a potentate is a powerful ruler.
Memory trick
Pot is power: potent medicine is strong in a small dose.
Words from this root
- potent (pot + ent) — strong, powerfulशक्तिशाली, प्रबल
- potently (potent + ly) — in a powerful wayप्रबलता से
- potency (pot + ency) — strength, powerताक़त, सामर्थ्य
- potence (pot + ence) — power or strengthशक्ति, बल
- potential (pot + ential) — power not yet usedअनुपयोगी निहित क्षमता, संभावना
- potentially (potential + ly) — possibly, in the futureसंभवतः, आगे चलकर
- potentiality (potential + ity) — hidden abilityछिपी क्षमता
- potentiate (potent + iate) — to make more powerfulऔर शक्तिशाली बनाना
- potentate (pot + entate) — a powerful rulerशक्तिशाली शासक
- impotent (im + pot + ent) — powerlessशक्तिहीन, नपुंसक
- prepotent (pre + pot + ent) — more powerful than othersदूसरों से अधिक शक्तिशाली
- plenipotentiary (pleni + potent + iary) — an envoy with full powerपूर्ण अधिकार प्राप्त दूत