Words that come from Ancient Greek “παῦσις”

400 words across 46 languages descend from Ancient Greek παῦσις — including pause, pose, repose, posing, pussy, Pause, Pausanias, puss.

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English (141)

German (28)

Italian (26)

Romanian (23)

French (22)

Polish (20)

Spanish (14)

Latin (12)

Esperanto (11)

Catalan (10)

Portuguese (10)

Dutch (8)

Swedish (6)

Finnish (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Hungarian (4)

Vulgar Latin (4)

Asturian (3)

Russian (3)

Old French (3)

Galician (3)

Late Latin (3)

Middle French (2)

Fiji Hindi (2)

Chinook Jargon (2)

Japanese (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Aromanian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Middle English (2)

Turkish (1)

Hebrew (1)

Tagalog (1)

Cebuano (1)

Irish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Danish (1)

Lote (1)

Middle High German (1)

Malagasy (1)

Greek (1)

Yiddish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Words from Ancient Greek παῦσις — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer