Etymology

postmenopausal

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Today it means: Subsequent to the menopause. Full definition →

English menopausal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French ménopause
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  10. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  11. Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
  12. Frenchméno-
  13. Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
  14. Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
  15. Latinpausa
  16. Frenchménopause
  17. Englishmenopause
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Englishmenopausal
  21. English todaypostmenopausal

From post- + menopausal.

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