Etymology

manopause

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Today it means: Synonym of andropause. Full definition →

English menopause ← French ménopause ← Latin pausa
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  2. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  4. Old Englishmann
  5. Middle Englishman
  6. Englishman
  7. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  10. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  11. Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
  12. Frenchméno-
  13. Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
  14. Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
  15. Latinpausa
  16. Frenchménopause
  17. Englishmenopause
  18. English todaymanopause

Blend of man + menopause.

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