Words that come from Ancient Greek παύω

238 words across 33 languages descend from Ancient Greek παύω — including pause, repose, composer, compose, composure, menopause, Pause, postmenopausal.

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English (96)

French (32)

Italian (18)

Latin (8)

Spanish (8)

German (8)

Romanian (7)

Portuguese (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Dutch (5)

Old French (4)

Vulgar Latin (4)

Ancient Greek (3)

Late Latin (3)

Middle French (2)

Russian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Greek (2)

Polish (2)

Aromanian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Middle English (2)

Galician (2)

Asturian (1)

Turkish (1)

Catalan (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Danish (1)

Koine Greek (1)

Middle High German (1)