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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi
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To: Gauguin who wrote (15486)12/17/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 71178
 
I could. But, I can tell just by looking at it that it is cognate with seizure and also a similar word that means a rest stop in music.

OK, I am looking at my little Webster's. It is from the Latin caedere, meaning "to cut," and means a pause in a line of verse, or in a melody. But I was wrong about the seizure. That's from sacire, which means "to take possession." Had to go get my OED, the big Webster's is at the office.
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