Origin of power

 The term exponent originates from the Latinexponentem, the present participle of exponere, meaning "to put forth".[3] The term power (Latin: potentia, potestas, dignitas) is a mistranslation[4][5] of the ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, here: "amplification"[4]) used by the Greekmathematician Euclid for the square of a line,[6] following Hippocrates of Chios.[7]

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