Where does “Urlaubssemester” come from?

Urlaubssemester (German) comes from German Semester, from Latin semestris, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Urlaubssemester (German): vacation semester

Definitions

  1. vacation semester

Ancestry of “Urlaubssemester”, step by step

Urlaubssemester traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Semester

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSemestersemester
2LatinsemestrisAlternative form of sēmēnstris; six months; of...
3Latinmēnsismonth
4Proto-Italicmēnsis—
5Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via German Urlaub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUrlaubleave; holiday; vacation
2Middle High Germanurloup—
3Old High Germanurloub—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →
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