The story
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
- Englishperi-
- 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-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishmenopausal
- English todayperimenopausal
From peri- + menopausal.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.