Etymology of cease by etymonline

1660s, "cease to run or flow, be or become stagnant, stand without current," from Latin stagnatum, stagnatus, past participle of stagnare "to ...

*stā-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing." It ...

The meaning "a stopping place" is from 1889. Stop-sign, indicating traffic should stop, is by 1918. To put a stop to some activity "cause to ...

late 15c., "those left over or surviving," from Old French remain, back-formation (verbal noun) from remanoir, remaindre "to stay, dwell, remain ...

The verbal phrase turn off "stop the flow of" is attested from 1850; see turn (v.) + off (adv.). Earlier it meant "dismiss, send away" (1560s).

c. 1200, "space, dimensional extent, room, area," from Old French place "place, spot" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin placea "place, spot,"

"make a temporary stop or intermission," 1520s, from pause (n.) and from French pauser, from Late Latin pausare "to halt, cease, pause," ...

To throw up is from early 15c. in reference to a sigh; by 1670s as "give up, resign, abandon, cease to do;" by 1732 as "to vomit." ...

"a stop, a halting," 1590s, from French halte (16c.) or Italian alto, ultimately from German Halt, imperative from Old High German halten "to ...

"cessation, restraint, relaxation, intermission," 1837, from verbal phrase let up "cease, stop" (1787). In Old English the phrase meant "to put ...

The sense of "beginning" of anything is from late 14c., and in this it is often paired with omega (the last letter in the Greek alphabet, ...

"separated by force into parts, not integral or entire," past-participle adjective from Old English brocken, past participle of break (v.).

The meaning "settle, assign" evolved into "adjust, arrange" (1660s), then "to repair" (1737), but this sometimes was objected to (see below).

"establishment along a highway for truckers to rest, eat, and refuel their engines," by 1956, from truck (n.1) + stop (n.).

The word in its various forms and combinations takes up 45 columns of close print in the OED. Meaning "cease to exist" is from c. 1200; that of ...

word-forming element meaning "across, beyond, through, on the other side of; go beyond," from Latin trans (prep.) "across, over, beyond,"

Meaning "be consumed with a great longing or yearning" (as in dying to go) is colloquial, from 1709. Used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) from ...

From c. 1300 as "reserve for future use, hold back, store up instead of spending;" hence "keep possession of" (late 14c.). As a quasi- ...

1600 as "to bring to a level." Intransitive sense "cease increasing" is from 1958. Meaning "to aim (a gun)" is late 15c. Slang sense of ...

This is reconstructed to be from a Germanic abstract noun from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz "having or characterized by good faith.