English
posada
Posada comes from Spanish posar ‘to pose’, from Latin pauso ‘to halt, cease, pause’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek παύω ‘to make an end of, stop, abate’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαύωpaúō‘to make an end of, stop, abate’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαῦσιςpaûsis‘stopping, ceasing’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpausa‘a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpausoas pausāre‘to halt, cease, pause’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentposar‘to pose’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentposada
- Englishearliest quotation 2008same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπαύωpaúō‘to make an end of, stop, abate’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαῦσιςpaûsis‘stopping, ceasing’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpausa‘a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpausoas pausāre‘to halt, cease, pause’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentposar‘to pose’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentposada
- Englishearliest quotation 2008same form
Earliest quotation: 2008, Judith Lerner, A chef's menu stirs Christmas memories: “They make a posada for the kids over there.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ‘few, little’
few, poor, fewer, puppy, pupil, puppet, pediatrics, pave, filly, pedagogy, paucity, pupa, orthopedics, puerile, 28 more
through Ancient Greek παύω ‘to make an end of, stop, abate’
through Ancient Greek παῦσις ‘stopping, ceasing’
through Latin pausa ‘a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end’
pause, pose, menopausal, 7 more
through Latin pauso ‘to halt, cease, pause’
Today it means
noun A traditional Mexican Christmas procession.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek παύω / posada