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.
A
Lenten is thought to come from a Germanic root word meaning "long," because the days are lengthening at this time of year.