Etymology

menopausal

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Today it means: Of, or pertaining to the menopause. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English menopause ← French ménopause
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  4. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  5. Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
  6. Frenchméno-
  7. Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
  8. Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
  9. Latinpausa
  10. Frenchménopause
  11. Englishmenopause
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. English todaymenopausal

From menopause + -al.

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