Where does “entrepot” come from?
entrepot (English) comes from French entrepôt, from French entreposer, from French poser, from Old French poser, from Vulgar Latin pauso, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
entrepot (English): A warehouse, depot; A commercial center, a place...
Definitions
- A warehouse, depot; A commercial center, a place...
Ancestry of “entrepot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | entrepôt | warehouse; store |
| 2 | French | entreposer | to store goods in a warehouse |
| 3 | French | poser | to stop carrying, to put down; to ask; to land |
| 4 | Old French | poser | to put; to place; to suggest; to propose; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pauso | to blin, cease, pause; I halt, cease, pause; I... |
| 6 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |