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

1. power; authority

Descendants

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