Where does “paŭzo” come from?
paŭzo (Esperanto) 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.
paŭzo (Esperanto): pause, intermission, recess
Definitions
- pause, intermission, recess
Ancestry of “paŭzo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “paŭzo”