See potential on Wiktionary
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"word": "equipotential" }, { "word": "immunopotential" }, { "word": "nonpotential" }, { "word": "potential difference" }, { "word": "potential energy" }, { "word": "potentialize" }, { "word": "potential mood" }, { "word": "potentialness" }, { "word": "potential temperature" }, { "word": "potential well" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*h₁es-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "LL.", "3": "potentialis" }, "expansion": "Late Latin potentialis", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "potentia", "4": "", "5": "power" }, "expansion": "Latin potentia (“power”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "potent", "3": "-ial" }, "expansion": "By surface analysis, potent + -ial", "name": "surf" } ], "etymology_text": "From Late Latin potentialis, from Latin potentia (“power”), from potens (“powerful”). 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