What is the origin of the word Menopause?

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Where did the term come from?  Who came up with it?  What's the story behind that word?

Does it have something to do with the Manarche period?

d_r_siva · Accepted Answer

1872, from Fr. ménopause, from Gk. men (gen. menos) "month" + pausis "a cessation, a pause," from pauein "to cause to cease." Opposite of menarche "onset of menstruation," 1900, from Ger. (1895), from Gk. arkhe "beginning." 

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=menopause

Etymology
From Latin menopausis < Ancient Greek μήν (“‘month’”) + παῦσις (“‘pause’”).

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/menopause?rdfrom=Menopause

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Another Word For Menopause

Anonymous · Answer

Well Meno- like month, referring to menstruation. And pause, meaning stop. Stopping your period. It's that easy. It happens to 50 year olds. Lol. I don't know who came up with it.

sicko2 · Answer

I always thought that it started with men.    Have you noticed that most of women's health problems start with men?  MENopause, MENstration, and finally MENtal illness....don;t get upset, IT  is a joke, no matter that it contains quite a lot of truth!!!!     ----SMILE-----

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