Where does “pusmetis” come from?

pusmetis (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian metai, from Lithuanian metas — time.

pusmetis (Lithuanian): half-year; half of a year

Definitions

  1. half-year; half of a year

Ancestry of “pusmetis”, step by step

pusmetis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian metai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianmetaiyear
2Lithuanianmetastime

via Lithuanian pusė

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianpusėhalf
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