Etymology

transmenopausal

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Today it means: Describing the time or situation before and after the menopause Full definition →

English menopausal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French ménopause
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  12. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  13. Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
  14. Frenchméno-
  15. Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
  16. Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
  17. Latinpausa
  18. Frenchménopause
  19. Englishmenopause
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  22. Englishmenopausal
  23. English todaytransmenopausal

From trans- + menopausal.

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