English

Maymester

Blend of May + semester.

Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- ‘to be able’

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Proto-Germanic *maganą ‘to be able’

Proto-West Germanic *magan ‘to be able’

Old English magan ‘can’

Middle English magen

English May

New Latin sēmestris ‘lasting six months’

German Semester

The story

Blend of May + semester.

noun A very short semester or term offered at some colleges that lasts at least a portion of the month of May, and sometimes also June.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Maymester