Etymograph

English

Lent term

Lent + term.

A compound of Lent + term

Proto-West Germanic *langatīn ‘spring’

Old English lencten ‘spring (season)’

English Lent

Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ ‘stump’

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Proto-Italic *term(e)nos ‘boundary stone’

Latin terminus ‘a bound’

Old French terme

Middle English terme

English term

Today it means

noun The second academic term of the University of Cambridge, and other educational institutions, running from January to March; equivalent to Hilary term at the universities of Oxford and Dublin.

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