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Where does “Posadas” come from?

Posadas (English) comes from Spanish Posadas, from Spanish posadas, from Spanish posada, from Spanish posar, from Latin pausāre, from Latin pauso, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Posadas (English): plural of posada

Definitions

  1. plural of posada

Ancestry of “Posadas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishPosadas—
2Spanishposadasplural of posada
3Spanishposadahotel, inn
4Spanishposarto pose; to stay or lodge in a habitation; to...
5Latinpausāre—
6LatinpausoI halt, cease, pause; I rest in the grave
7Latinpausaa pause, halt, stop, cessation, end
8Ancient Greekπαῦσιςstopping, ceasing
9Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
10Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
11Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
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