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cessation
[cessation 词源字典]
cessation:
see
cease
[cessation etymology, cessation origin, 英语词源]
cessation (n.)
mid-15c.,
cessacyoun
"interruption, abdication," from Latin
cessationem
(nominative
cessatio
) "a delaying, ceasing, tarrying," noun of action from past participle stem of
cessare
"delay" (see
cease
(n.)).