Etymology of the English word entrepot
the English word
entrepotderived from the French word
entrepotderived from the French word
entreposerderived from the Old French word
poserderived from the Late Latin word
pausare (pause; halt; cease)
derived from the Latin word
pausa (cessation, end)
derived from the Greek word
pausis, παῦσις (cessation)
derived from the Greek word
pauein, παύειν (to stop (transitively or intransitively); restrain, quit, desist, come to an end)
derived from the Greek word
pauseinusing the Old French prefix
entre-Date
The earliest known usage of entrepot in English dates from the 18th century.
