Etymology

henopause

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Today it means: The point at which a hen stops producing eggs Full definition →

English menopause ← French ménopause ← Latin pausa
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The story

  1. Englishhen
  2. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  5. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  6. Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
  7. Frenchméno-
  8. Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
  9. Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
  10. Latinpausa
  11. Frenchménopause
  12. Englishmenopause
  13. English todayhenopause

Blend of hen + menopause.

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