The story
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
- Proto-Italic*θēmanā
- Proto-Italic*fēmanā
- Latinfēmina
- Latinfēmella
- Old Frenchfemele
- Middle Englishfemele
- Middle Englishfemale
- Englishfemaleclip.
- Latinfēmina
- Latinfēminīnus
- Old Frenchfeminin
- Middle Englishfemynyne
- Englishfeminineclip.
- Englishfem-
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
- Proto-Hellenic*méns
- Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
- Frenchméno-
- Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
- Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
- Latinpausa
- Frenchménopause
- Englishmenopause
- English todayfemopause
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.