Where does “intermenstrual” come from?

intermenstrual (English) comes from English menstrual, from Middle English menstruall, from Latin menstrualis, from Latin menstrua, from Latin mēnstruus, from Latin bimestris, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēnsis — to measure.

intermenstrual (English): Between menstrual periods

Definitions

  1. Between menstrual periods

Ancestry of “intermenstrual”, step by step

intermenstrual traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English menstrual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmenstrualOf or relating to the menses; Occurring once a...
2Middle Englishmenstruall
3LatinmenstrualisMonthly, every month, for a month; Of or...
4Latinmenstruanominative plural of mēnstruum; accusative plural...
5LatinmēnstruusOf or pertaining to a month
6Latinbimestrislasting two months; two months old
7Latinmēnsismonth
8Proto-Italicmēnsis
9Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via English inter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterTo bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison
2Middle Englishenteren
3Frenchentrerto enter
4Middle Frenchentrerto enter
5Old Frenchentrerto enter
6Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
7Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
8Latininterus
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

via French intermenstruel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintermenstruel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥sEvery word from Proto-Italic mēns
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