Where does “Hymen” come from?
Hymen derives from Ancient Greek Ὑμήν, a word of unknown origin and meaning.
Ancestry of “Hymen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | hymen | — |
| 2 | Latin | hymen | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ὑμήν | Hymen |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *syewH- | — |