Where does “semestru” come from?

semestru (Romanian) comes from French semestre, 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.

semestru (Romanian): semester

Definitions

  1. semester

Ancestry of “semestru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsemestresemester; semester, term
2LatinsemestrisAlternative form of sēmēnstris; six months; of...
3Latinmēnsismonth
4Proto-Italicmēnsis—
5Proto-Italicmēnsmonth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Italic mēns →