poesté

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin potestās, potestātem (“power”).

Noun

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

power; authority

Descendants

→ Middle English: pouste, pousty, powste, poweste, puste, poste, pooste, poostye, pauste
- English: poustie
- Scots: poustie
- Yola: poustee

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