Where does “bimestru” come from?

bimestru (Romanian) comes from French bimestre, 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.

bimestru (Romanian): bimester term of two months

Definitions

  1. bimester term of two months

Ancestry of “bimestru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbimestrebimester term of two months
2Latinbimestrislasting two months; two months old
3Latinmēnsismonth
4Proto-Italicmēnsis—
5Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
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