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Lenten is thought to come from a Germanic root word meaning "long," because the days are lengthening at this time of year.
Read the section "Religion And Season Were Linked."
Which sentence from the section shows why the name Lent was used as a name for spring?
A
Lenten is thought to come from a Germanic root word meaning "long," because the days are lengthening at this time of year.
B
The word was then applied to the Christian church's season of 40 days of Lent, where people show regret and pray ahead of the holiday Easter.
C
In the later Middle Ages, the word Lent became an exclusively religious term.
D
Other writers preferred prime tide, or prime, because spring was the first — the prime — season.
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