myEtymology.com: French etymology of entrepot

Etymology of the French word entrepot

the French word entrepot

derived from the French word entreposer

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

using the Old French prefix entre-

English entrepot