Where does “bimestre” come from?

bimestre (French) comes from Latin bimestris, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

bimestre (French): bimester term of two months

Definitions

  1. bimester term of two months

Ancestry of “bimestre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbimestrislasting two months; two months old
2Latinmēnsismonth
3Proto-Italicmēnsis—
4Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “bimestre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →