An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Pause

by Friedrich Kluge

Pause, f., from the equiv. MidHG. pûse, f., ‘pause, rest’; borrowed in MidHG. from Fr. pause (Lat. and Ital. pausa), whence also Du. poos and E. pause. The Lat.-Rom. word passed through a G. medium to the North. Comp. Dan. pause, Swed. paus.