Where does “hymen” come from?

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

hymen (Polish): hymen

Definitions

  1. hymen

Ancestry of “hymen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhymenmembrane
2Ancient GreekὙμήνHymen
3Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Ancient Greek Ὑμήν →Every word from Latin hymen →
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