Where does “Pâques” come from?
Pâques (French) comes from Middle French Pasques, from Old French pasques, from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin Pascha, from Ancient Greek Πάσχα, from Aramaic פסחא, from Hebrew פֶּסַח — Passover.
Ancestry of “Pâques”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | Pasques | Easter |
| 2 | Old French | pasques | Easter |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pascua | nominative feminine singular of pāscuus;... |
| 4 | Latin | Pascha | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Πάσχα | Easter |
| 6 | Aramaic | פסחא | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | פֶּסַח | Passover |
Words derived from “Pâques”