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Added 10 October 2026

potence

noun

Latin root: potentia Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about potence at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Power or strength; potency.
A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French potence (“power, a crutch”), from Latin potentia (“power, in Medieval Latin also crutch”), from potens (“powerful”); see potent.

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