Where does “tropopause” come from?

tropopause (French) comes from French -pause, 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.

tropopause (French): tropopause

Definitions

  1. tropopause

Ancestry of “tropopause”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-pausepause
2Latinpausaa pause, halt, stop, cessation, end
3Ancient Greekπαῦσιςstopping, ceasing
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek παῦσις →