Repose Definition

Origin of Repose

• From Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin repausare (“to lay at rest, quiet, also nourish, intransitive to be at rest, rest, repose"), from Latin re- (“again") + pausare (“to pause, rest"), from pausa (“pause"), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (pausis).

  From Wiktionary

• From Middle English reposen to be at rest from Old French reposer from Late Latin repausāre to cause to rest Latin re- re- Latin pausāre to rest (from pausa rest pause)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English reposen to replace from Latin repōnere repos- to put away reposit

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition