This week's theme: words derived from Indo-European roots. puissant (PYOO-uh-suhnt) adjective
Potent. [Via French from Latin posse (to be able), ultimately from the Indo-European root poti- (powerful, lord) that is also the source of power, potent, possess, possible, posse, Italian podesta, and Turkish pasha (via Persian).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=puissant -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The full-race Evo is about 557 pounds lighter and 30 horsepower more puissant." Dan Neil; A Beast in the 'burbs; Los Angeles Times; Jun 16, 2004. Sponsored by: AdSpeed - Advanced ad serving solution. Easy to use, reliable, fast service. http://www.adspeed.com/?src=wordsmith Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ Victory breeds enmity; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, avoiding both victory and defeat. -Buddha (c. 563-483 BCE) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/puissant.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/puissant.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/puissant.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
