potential的词源

英文词源

potential (adj.)

late 14c., "possible" (as opposed to actual), from Old French potenciel and directly from Late Latin potentialis "potential," from Latin potentia "power, might, force;" figuratively "political power, authority, influence," from potens "powerful" (see potent). The noun, meaning "that which is possible," is first attested 1817, from the adjective.

中文词源

potential：潜在的，可能的，势的，位的

词根词缀： -pot- 能够 + -ent 形容词后缀 + -ial 形容词后缀

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：potential 词源，potential 含义。

potential：潜力，潜在的，可能的

来自potent,强大的，有力的，-al,形容词后缀。引申词义潜力，潜在的，可能的。