English
henopause
Blend of hen + menopause.
Proto-Indo-European *kan-
Proto-Germanic *hanjō
Proto-West Germanic *hannju
Old English henn
Middle English hen ‘hen, chicken’
English hen
Ancient Greek παύω ‘to make an end of, stop, abate’
Ancient Greek παῦσις ‘stopping, ceasing’
Latin pausa ‘a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end’
French ménopause
English menopause
Today it means
noun The point at which a hen stops producing eggs
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / henopause