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Where does “pauze” come from?

pauze (Dutch) comes from French pause, from Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

pauze (Dutch): pause, break

Definitions

  1. pause, break

Ancestry of “pauze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpausepause, break; rest
2Middle Frenchpausepause
3Latinpausaa pause, halt, stop, cessation, end
4Ancient Greekπαῦσιςstopping, ceasing
5Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
6Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
7Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pauze”

  • koffiepauze
  • theepauze
  • pauzeren
  • pouse
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