poesté

Old French

Alternative forms

  • podestet (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)
  • pousté (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin potestās, potestātem (“power”).

Noun

poesté f (oblique plural poestez, nominative singular poesté, nominative plural poestez)

  1. power; authority

Descendants

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