| 1 | English | poser | A particularly difficult question or puzzle;... |
| 2 | English | posé | Standing still, with all the feet on the ground |
| 3 | French | posé | past participle of poser; placed, posed |
| 4 | French | poser | to stop carrying, to put down; to ask; to land |
| 5 | Old French | poser | to put; to place; to suggest; to propose; to... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pauso | to blin, cease, pause; I halt, cease, pause; I... |
| 7 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |