paus- root words — words with the paus- root

The root paus- comes from Greek pausis, meaning stopping. 14 words in Dendril are built from it, including pause, paused, pauses, pausing, menopause, menopausal, aeropause, diapause, ionopause, mesopause, postmenopausal, premenopausal. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the paus- root

Explore words with paus- — words containing the paus- root and sharing its sense of "stopping". Examples include pause, paused, pauses, pausing, menopause, menopausal, aeropause, diapause, ionopause, mesopause, postmenopausal, premenopausal. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The paus- root means stopping, from Greek pausis. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.