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Where does “عيد الفصح” come from?

عيد الفصح (Arabic) comes from Arabic عِيد, from Arabic محمد, from Arabic حَمَّدَ, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

عيد الفصح (Arabic): Passover, Pesach; Easter

Definitions

  1. Passover, Pesach; Easter

Ancestry of “عيد الفصح”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعِيدholiday, carnival; feast, festival; holiday,...
2Arabicمحمدcommendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy;...
3Arabicحَمَّدَto praise, commend, laud; to praise, commend,...
4Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
5Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
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