Where does “menstruation” come from?
menstruation (Swedish) comes from Latin menstruatio, 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 — to measure.
menstruation (Swedish): menstruation
Ancestry of “menstruation”, step by step