Where does “andropause” come from?
andropause (Italian) comes from Italian andropausa, from Italian pausa, 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.
andropause (Italian): plural of andropausa
Ancestry of “andropause”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | andropausa | andropause |
| 2 | Italian | pausa | pause, break, stop, interval; rest |
| 3 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |