"Septuagesima" comes from the Latin word for "seventieth." Likewise, "Sexagesima," "Quinquagesima," and "Quadragesima" mean "sixtieth," "fiftieth," and "fortieth" respectively. The significance of this naming (according to Andrew Hughes, "Medieval Manuscripts for Mass and Office" 1982, 10) is as follows: "Septuagesima Sunday so called because it falls within seventy days but more than sixty days before Easter. The next Sunday is within sixty, Sexagesima, and the next within fifty, Quinquagesima ... Falling within forty days of Easter (excluding Sundays) the next Sunday is Quadragesima." Because every Sunday recalls the resurrection of Christ, they are considered "little Easters" and not treated as days of penance. "Quadragesima" serves as the Latin word for the season of Lent, which (not counting Sundays) is forty days long.