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medical drink,
later "a (magic) potion,
poisonous drink" (14c.), from
Latin potionem (nominative potio) "a drinking, a drink", also "poisonous drink" (Cicero)...
- have to" > devoir; *SAPV̄TVM "known" > OF seü > su /s/ /z/
CAVSAM "cause" >
chose "thing" /tsʲ/ /z/
POTIŌNEM "drink" > VL */potsʲone/ >
poison "poison"...
- past
participle of potare,
meaning "to drink". This
evolved to the word
potionem (nominative potio)
meaning either "a potion, a drinking" or a "poisonous...
