Where does “poser” come from?
poser (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål posere, 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.
poser (Norwegian Bokmål): indefinite plural of pose; imperative of posere
Definitions
- indefinite plural of pose; imperative of posere
Ancestry of “poser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | posere | to pose |
| 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 |