The story
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
- Proto-Hellenic*méns
- Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
- Frenchméno-
- Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
- Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
- Latinpausa
- Frenchménopause
- Englishmenopause
- Proto-Germanic*puttaz
- Old Englishpott
- Proto-Germanic*puttaz
- Frankish*pott
- Vulgar Latinpottum
- Old Frenchpot
- Middle Englishpot
- Englishpot
- English todaymenopot
Blend of menopause + pot, as in pot belly; coined or popularized by Dr. Pamela Peeke.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.