Where does “pose” come from?
pose (English) comes from French posé, from French poser, from Old French poser, from Vulgar Latin pauso, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
pose (English): Standing still, with all the feet on the ground
Definitions
- Standing still, with all the feet on the ground
Ancestry of “pose”, step by step
pose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French posé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | posé | past participle of poser; placed, posed |
| 2 | French | poser | to stop carrying, to put down; to ask; to land |
| 3 | Old French | poser | to put; to place; to suggest; to propose; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pauso | to blin, cease, pause; I halt, cease, pause; I... |
| 5 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |