词根：-pot-, -poss-

【词根含义】：能,能够

【词根来源】：拉丁语动词possum, posse, potui, -(能,能够)来源于早期拉丁语动词短语potis esse(能,能够)。posse的前身是古拉丁语potere(能,能够)。 

【同源单词】：impotence, impotency, impotent, multipotent, omnipotence

前缀：il-, in-, ir-, im-

【词根含义】：不,无,非;入,向内

【词根来源】：(il-用于l前;im-用于b, m, p前;ir-用于r前;in-用于其它情况)   来源于拉丁语in。

【同源单词】：illegal, illegality, illegitimate, illiterate, illogical

词根词缀：poten-, pot-, poss-, -potent, -potence, -potency, -potential

【来源及含义】Latin: power, strength, ability, able; having authority over; rule over, command of

【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "master, lead, leading, ruler, ruling, govern": -agogic; agon-; arch-; -crat; dom-; gov-; magist-; regi-; tyran-.

【同源单词】armipotent, astripotence, auripotence, bellipotence, bellipotent, biopotency