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.
Origins Available: Italian, Russian. The Petrovich surname comes from the Russian version of the given name Peter. The name was probably first derived from the Greek petros, meaning rock.. This name was extremely popular throughout Christian Europe, due to St. Peter.