impotency的词源

英文词源

impotence (n.)

early 15c., "physical weakness," also "poverty," from Middle French impotence "weakness," from Latin impotentia "lack of control or power," from impotentem (nominative impotens); see impotent. In reference to a want of (male) sexual potency, from c. 1500. The figurative senses of the word in Latin were "violence, fury, unbridled passion." Related: Impotency.

中文词源

impotency：无力，性无能  

词根词缀： im-不,无 + -pot-能够 + -ency名词词尾

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