myEtymology.com: English etymology of posed

Etymology of the English word posed

the English word posed

derived from 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