Where does “Lent” come from?

Lent derives from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic langatīn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós, with the root sense of lengthening days in spring.

Lent (English): A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding...

Definitions

  1. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding...

Ancestry of “Lent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlenctenspring; Lent
2Proto-West Germaniclangatīnspring
3Proto-West Germaniclanglong
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “Lent”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →
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