Re: [tied] Re: Latin - English derivatives

From: P&G
Message: 24209
Date: 2003-07-06

>English pose comes from Old French poser from late Latin
>pausare 'cease, pause',

I checked this after I sent my posting (always the wrong way round!),and I
see Skeat takes LLatin pausare to be from the Greek pauo:. (-s- in aorist
and future).

Peter

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