pose

pose · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bew-“to blow, swell”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*pusōną
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*pusą“sneeze, snort”
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*pos
5. Old English · derived frompos
6. Old English · inherited fromġeposu pl“cold in the head; catarrh”
7. Middle English · inherited frompose
8. English todaypose

From Middle English pose, from Old English ġeposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English pos, ġepos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *pos, from Proto-Germanic *pusą (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusōną, *pusjaną (“to snort, blow”), from *pus- (“to blow, breathe hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).

pose · verb, noun²

1. Latin · derived frompōnere
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαῦσις
3. Latin · derived frompausa“pause”
4. Vulgar Latin · derived frompausāre“to blin, cease, pause”
5. Old French · derived fromposer“to put, place, stell, settle, lodge”
6. Middle English · inherited fromposen
7. English todaypose

From Middle English posen, from Old French poser (“to put, place, stell, settle, lodge”), from Vulgar Latin pausāre (“to blin, cease, pause”), from Latin pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis); influenced by Latin pōnere. Doublet of pause.

pose · verb³

1. Middle English · derived fromaposen
2. Middle English · inherited fromposen
3. English todaypose

From Middle English posen, a combination of aphetic forms of Middle English aposen and opposen. More at appose, oppose.

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