Where does “hymen” come from?

hymen (Middle French) comes from Latin hymen, from Ancient Greek Ὑμήν, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

Ancestry of “hymen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhymenmembrane
2Ancient GreekὙμήνHymen
3Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew

Words derived from “hymen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Ancient Greek Ὑμήν →Every word from Latin hymen →