Easter term
English
/ˈiːstə tɜːm/, /ˈistɚ tɜːm/
noun
Definitions
- The third term of the legal year, running from April to May, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.
- The summer term of the , and other educational institutions, running from April to June. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ēastre (Easter) derived from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ (Easter, springtime, a goddess of spring and fertility).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*Austrǭ
Gloss
Easter, springtime, a goddess of spring and fertility
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Easter English
- *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwsōs Proto-Indo-European
- *Austrǭ Proto-Germanic
- eastermonaþ Old English
- eastre Old English
- Ēostre Old English
- ēastre Old English
- Eestour Middle English
- Ester Middle English
- ōstarun Old High German
- ōstarūn Middle High German
- jatšy Lower Sorbian
- jutry Upper Sorbian
- jostrǻi Polabian
- Jastra Kashubian
- Jastrë Kashubian