Where does “Pâques” come from?
Pâques (Bourguignon) comes from Old French pasques, from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin Pascha, from Ancient Greek Πάσχα, from Aramaic פסחא, from Hebrew פֶּסַח — Passover.
Pâques (Bourguignon): Easter
Ancestry of “Pâques”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | pasques | Easter |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pascua | nominative feminine singular of pāscuus;... |
| 3 | Latin | Pascha | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Πάσχα | Easter |
| 5 | Aramaic | פסחא | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | פֶּסַח | Passover |