Etymograph

English

manpon

Blend of man + tampon.

A blend of man + tampon

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Proto-Germanic *tappô ‘plug, tap’

Frankish *tappō ‘stopper, plug’

Old French tape ‘plug, bung, tap’

Middle French tampon

French tampon ‘plug, stopper’

English tampon

Today it means

noun A supposed kind of tampon used by a man; used to draw attention to a man's feminine attitude or behavior.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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