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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|frm|pause]] and directly from Latin pausa, a halt, stop,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Greek [[m|grc|παῦσις|tr=paûsis|t=stopping, ceasing]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from paúein, to stop, cease, a word of unknown origin.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster compares Greek paûla, rest.^(MWU 2024) [[repose]] and [[pose]] go back to the same Latin word.^(Cresswell 2021)
+ It is [[bor|frm|pause]] and directly from [[la|pausa]], a halt, stop,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Greek [[m|grc|παῦσις|tr=paûsis|t=stopping, ceasing]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[m|grc|παύειν|tr=paúein]], to stop, cease, a word of unknown origin.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster compares [[grc|παῦλα|tr=paûla]], rest.^(MWU 2024) [[repose]] and [[pose]] go back to the same Latin word.^(Cresswell 2021)
==Earliest recorded meaning==