pushtoj

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *potestāre, from Latin potestās (power, ability), whence Albanian pushtet (power).[1] Cognate with Medieval Latin potestare (to control), Old French poëster (to exercise power, to govern, to dominate; to put in power), Italian podestare.

The dialectal forms poshtroj, pështroj are influenced by shtroj.[1]

Verb

pushtoj (aorist pushtova, participle pushtuar)

  1. to conquer

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pushtet”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 352