omnipotent的词源
英文词源
- omnipotent (adj.)




- early 14c., from Old French omnipotent "almighty, all-powerful" (11c.) or directly from Latin omnipotentem (nominative omnipotens) "all-powerful, almighty," from omnis "all" (see omni-) + potens (genitive potentis) "powerful" (see potent). Strictly only of God or a deity; general sense of "having absolute power or authority" is attested from 1590s.
中文词源
词根词缀: omni-所有的,公共的 + -pot- 能够 + -ent 形容词后缀
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:omnipotent 词源,omnipotent 含义。
omni-,全,总,potent,强有力的。引申词义全能的。
前缀omni表“全部”,如omniscient(无所不知的);词根pot表“力量,能力”,个人认为可只用一个“能”字解释,因为它不是指某种具体的“力量”,而是因具有力量而获得的可能和趋势,如possible(可能的),poss=pot,及potential(潜在的)。