Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF < VL *possent- (s. of *possēns), for L potent- (s. of potēns), prp. of posse to be able, have power; see potent, -ant

Related forms:

pu⋅is⋅sant⋅ly, adverb

Link To puissant

puis·sance (pwĭs'əns, pyōō'ĭ-səns, pyōō-ĭs'əns)

n. Power; might.

[Middle English, from Old French, from poissant, powerful, present participle of pooir, to be able; see power.]
puis'sant adj., puis'sant·ly adv.

Word Origin & History

puissant

c.1450, from M.Fr. puissant "being powerful," earlier poissant, from stem of poeir "to be able" (see power).

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