Etymology

menarche

M3E1N1A1R1C3H4E1

Today it means: The onset of menstruation; a girl's first period. Full definition →

German Menarche
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. German · borrowed fromMenarche
  2. English todaymenarche

First attested 1900, from German Menarche, formed from meno- + -arche.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.