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Etymology of the English word pose

the English word pose

derived from the Old French word poser

derived 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 pausein

Dutch pauze, Dutch pose, English pause, French pose, French pause, German pauschal, German Pose, German Pause, Italian posa, Latin pausa, Lithuanian pauze, Lithuanian poze, Norwegian pause, Polish pauza, Polish poza, Russian паyзa, Russian пoзa, Swedish paus, Swedish pose

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