Where does “pausa” come from?

pausa (English) comes 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.

pausa (English): The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the...

Definitions

  1. The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the...

Ancestry of “pausa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpausaa pause, halt, stop, cessation, end
2Ancient Greekπαῦσιςstopping, ceasing
3Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
4Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
5Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pausa”

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