It comes from a German word sex-menstris, meaning half-yearly, or literally, six month duration.
Semester is not a compound word.
Semester: sem-es-ter
No, "semester" is not capitalized unless it is the first word of a sentence or part of a title.
The middle syllable is stressed: se_MEH_ster
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Semester is not a compound word.
The word 'semester' is a noun.
Semester is a noun.
Semester is pronounced sem-est-ah
Semester: sem-es-ter
Yes.
I enrolling in a social studies class next semester.
No, "semester" is not capitalized unless it is the first word of a sentence or part of a title.
the origin is where the word came from but the specific origin of the word ballot is latin root word.
The middle syllable is stressed: se_MEH_ster
The word "origin" is derived from the French word "origin" and the Latin word "originem," both of which mean, beginning, descent, birth, and rise.
where was the word colonel origin