Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures. · The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week. · The 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays. · Ellipsis of Lent term.
Shortened form of Lenten, from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn (“spring”), as in a season into which days lengthen as it progresses. Cognate with Alemannic German langsé, Langssi (“spring”), Bavarian longas, lòngas, longast (“spring”), Cimbrian langaz, langhes, långez (“spring”), lentz (“March”), Dutch lente (“spring”), German Lenz, Lenze (“spring”), Mòcheno langes (“spring”).
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