Where does “pose” come from?
pose (Middle English) comes from Old English ġeposu, from Old English ġepos, from Proto-Germanic pusą, from Proto-Germanic pusōną, from Finnish pus-, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".
Ancestry of “pose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | ġeposu | cold in the head; catarrh |
| 2 | Old English | ġepos | a sneeze, snort; sneeze, snort |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | pusą | sneeze, snort |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | pusōną | — |
| 5 | Finnish | pus- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |
Words derived from “pose”