menstruate.
To stain with or as if with menses.
Meaning & usage
To stain with or as if with menses.
To undergo menstruation, to have a period.
Where this word comes from
From menstruum + -ate (verb-forming suffix); sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.
Menstrual.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Italic *mēns Proto-Italic *mēnsis Latin mēnsis Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -tris Latin bimēnstrisbf. ▲ Latin annuusinflu. Latin mēnstruus Latin mēnstruum English menstruum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English menstruate From menstruum + -ate (adjective-forming usffix).
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