semester的词源

英文词源

semester (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1827, from German Semester "half-year course in a university," from Latin semestris, in cursus semestris "course of six months," from semestris, semenstris "of six months, lasting six months, half-yearly, semi-annual," from sex "six" (see six) + mensis "month" (see moon (n.)). Related: Semestral; semestrial.

中文词源

semester:学期  

semester直接借自德语Smester,而原德语词则源自拉丁语semestris(sex‘six’+mensis‘month’)(six-month)(半年的)。因此,该词在德语原指“半学年”,即“(每年两学期制大学的)学期”。但进入美国英语以后,semester不再囿于此义,而往往指四个月长或甚至三个月长的学期,相当于英国英语的term,故有the spring semester(春季学期)和the fall semester(秋季学期)的说法。

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semester:学期

来自德语 Semester,半年,半年期,来自拉丁语 semenstris,半年,六个月,来自 sex,六,词源 同 sextet,six,mensis,月,词源同 moon,month.