Semester. Semester is an English world that means a half year or a time period of six months. The academic term of a college may be a semester which means there are two terms in a single year, and the academic session is divided into two equal semesters. In some colleges, trimester pattern is followed which divides a year into three parts each being 4 months in duration.
Martin is a patronymic surname taken from the ancient Latin given name Martinus, derived from Mars, the Roman god of fertility and war.
Etymology & Historical Origin-Layton. The surname-turned-first-name Layton comes from the same place as Leighton; both are the transferred use of an English and Scottish surname derived from a place name.ayton shows up sporadically a few times in the 20th century but was most likely bestowed as a family name. For all intents and purposes, Layton did not stick to the charts until this century in 2001. The name is performing better today because of the widespread American trend that favors using surnames as first names.