English
impotentness
From impotent + -ness.
Formed from impotent + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’
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Latin possum ‘be able (to)’
Latin potēns ‘powerful’
Latin impotēns ‘Powerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless,…’
Old French impotent
English impotent
Today it means
noun The quality of being impotent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / impotentness