Meanings
adverbpremenopausally (not comparable)
- not comparableIn a premenopausal manner
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- 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
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishmenopausally
- Englishpremenopausally
From pre- + menopausally.
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premenopausally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premenopausally
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“premenopausally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premenopausally. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premenopausally,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premenopausally.
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