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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|enm|pouer]], [[bor|xno|poer]] (Old French [[m|fro|poeir]], modern [[fr|pouvoir]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the infinitive [[m|fro|poeir|t=to be able]] used as a noun,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) [[der|la-vul|*potēre]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) which replaced [[la|posse|t=to be able]]^(Wiktionary)^(Hoad 1986) and was formed from [[m|la|potis|t=able, powerful]].^(AHD 2000)^(Etymonline) [[es|poder]] and [[it|potere]] come from the same verb.^(Etymonline) The Latin adjective goes back to [[ine-pro|*poti-|t=powerful; lord]], the root also of [[potent]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000)
+ It is [[inh|enm|pouer]], [[bor|xno|poer]] (Old French [[m|fro|poeir]], modern [[fr|pouvoir]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the infinitive [[m|fro|poeir|t=to be able]] used as a noun,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) [[der|la-vul|*potēre]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) which replaced [[la|posse|t=to be able]]^(RHWU)^(Hoad 1986) and was formed from [[m|la|potis|t=able, powerful]].^(AHD 2000)^(Etymonline) [[es|poder]] and [[it|potere]] come from the same verb.^(Etymonline) The Latin adjective goes back to [[ine-pro|*poti-|t=powerful; lord]], the root also of [[potent]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000)
==Earliest recorded meaning==