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by glandium 1397 days ago
The Japanese word comes from French, FWIW. It's also not specific to Anime. It's a term commonly used in the Japanese TV industry. It's kind of fascinating that "cours" is the more seasonal term (as it refers to a period of time matching seasons), and that none of the original terms (クール and 期) are literally related to seasons (as opposed to English where season is used for periods that nowadays have nothing to do with seasons).