The story
- Latin · borrowed fromQuadrāgēsima“Lent”
- English todayQuadragesima
From Latin Quadrāgēsima (“Lent”), from feminine substantive use of quadrāgēsimus (“fortieth”), from the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter using inclusive counting and excluding Sundays.
Words from the same roots
LatinQuadrāgēsima all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.