semestre
/seˈmestɾe/ · B2 · noun · m
semester
📅🎓 semestre = Latin sex (six) + mensis (month) → six-month term
From Latin semestris, built from sex (six) and mensis (month). A semestre is a six-month stretch, just like English semester. Spot the sem- from sex and the -mestre from months, as in trimestre.