Etymology

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Today it means: The time of a woman's life between menarche and menopause Full definition →

grc-att μήν ← Ancient Greek ἀκμή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀκμή“point, top”
  2. grc-att · derived fromμήν“month”
  3. English todaymenacme

From Attic Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point, top”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀκμή all →

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