impotent.
impotent (man who has erectile dysfunction)
Meaning & usage
impotent (man who has erectile dysfunction)
impotent (person incapable of taking a particular type of action that the situation requires)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Proto-Italic *potēō Proto-Italic *potēnts Latin potēns Latin impotēnslbor. Polish impotent Learned borrowing from Latin impotēns.
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