Where does “menstruatio” come from?
menstruatio (Latin) comes from Latin menstruo, from Latin mēnstruus, from Latin bimestris, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
Ancestry of “menstruatio”, step by step
Words derived from “menstruatio”