Curious Christian

Did you known the word “Lent” comes from the Old English “lencten” or “lengten”, which means “spring” and literally translates as “lengthening” (of hours of daylight). This in turn comes from the Proto-Germanic “langatīnaz” from langaz (“long”) + tīnaz (“day”). In the Southern Hemisphere, however, the first signs of spring are around August, not February.