Where does “millenopause” come from?
millenopause (English) comes from English menopause, from French ménopause, from French -pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
millenopause (English): Menopause or perimenopause, as experienced by those in the millennial generation (those born from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s)
Definitions
- Menopause or perimenopause, as experienced by those in the millennial generation (those born from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s)
Ancestry of “millenopause”, step by step
millenopause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English menopause
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | menopause | The period in a woman's life when menstruation... |
| 2 | French | ménopause | menopause |
| 3 | French | -pause | pause |
| 4 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English millennial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | millennial | Referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event... |
| 2 | Late Latin | millennium | millennium |
| 3 | Latin | -ennium | forming periods of years |
| 4 | Latin | -ennis | — |
| 5 | Latin | annus | year; time; season |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | atnos | year |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et-no- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et- | grass |