The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαῦσις
- Latin · derived frompausa“break”
- English todaypausa
From Latin pausa (“break”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis). Doublet of pause.
Words from the same roots
Latinpausa all →
posepause-pause
Ancient Greekπαῦσις all →
posepause-pausephilosopause
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.