pause

pause · verb, noun, interjection¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαύω“stop”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαῦσις
3. Latin · derived frompausa
4. Middle French · derived frompause
5. English todaypause

From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa.

Pause · noun²

From pause.

Words from the same roots