Etymology

nonmenopausal

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Today it means: Not menopausal. Full definition →

English menopausal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French ménopause
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  16. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  17. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  18. Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
  19. Frenchméno-
  20. Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
  21. Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
  22. Latinpausa
  23. Frenchménopause
  24. Englishmenopause
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  27. Englishmenopausal
  28. English todaynonmenopausal

From non- + menopausal.

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