出典:Wiktionary
From Michaelmas + term; Michaelmas is from Michael (“the name of the biblical archangel”) + -mas (suffix indicating a holiday または sacred day), meaning the feast day of St Michael. Michael is derived from Late Latin Michahel, from Koine Greek Μιχαήλ (Mikhaḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, “who is like God?”); while -mas is from mass, from Middle English masse, from 古期英語 mæsse (“mass (celebration of the Eucharist)”), from Vulgar Latin *messa (“Eucharist; dismissal”), from Late Latin missa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of Latin mittere, the present active infinitive of mittō (“to dispatch, send; to discharge, release; to dismiss”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meytH- (“to exchange”). The Christian feast day of Michaelmas, 29 September, occurs a few days before the start of this term.
Michaelmas term (複数形 Michaelmas terms)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/15 16:28 UTC 版)
Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic years of the following British and Irish universities: