etymologies of words?

This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English.

Etymologies are not definitions; they’re explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php

Word and phrase origins.

http://www.word-detective.com/index.html

http://www.word-detective.com/backidx.html

http://www.wordorigins.org/

http://www.worldwidewords.org/

http://www.takeourword.com/index.html

Origin Unknown (words of unknown origin)

http://www.well.com/user/smalin/unknown.html

You’re right it is Latin. It seems like everything is based in Latin! Anyway, I love Wikipedia but this time, they let me down, but I was able to find a site dedicated to etymology. I cued it up for you with the word Omnipotent. Enjoy!

That’s the combination of two latin adjectives:

omni: from “omnis, omne” (= all);

potent: from “potens, potentis” (= powerful, capable).

Therefore, “omnipotent”, also an adjective, means “almighty; having unlimited authority”.