| 1 | English | menopausal | Of, or pertaining to the menopause |
| 2 | English | menopause | The period in a woman's life when menstruation... |
| 3 | French | ménopause | menopause |
| 4 | French | -pause | -pause |
| 5 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |