Etymology

menoporsche

M3E1N1O1P3O1R1S1C3H4E1

Today it means: Male mid-life crisis or andropause, especially the type that manifests in attempts to reclaim lost youth, such as buying a sports car. Full definition →

English Porsche ← French ménopause ← Latin pausa
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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. EnglishPorsche
  13. English todaymenoporsche

Blend of menopause + Porsche.

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