The story
- Latin · derived frommēnstruālis
- Middle English · inherited frommenstruall
- English todaymenstrual
From Middle English menstruall, from Latin mēnstruālis, from mēnstrua (“menses”), from neuter plural of mēnstruus (“of a month, monthly, of menstruation”), from mēnsis (“month”) + -ālis (“-al”); see moon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.