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Where does “pâquerette” come from?

pâquerette (French) comes from French Pâques, 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.

pâquerette (French): daisy

Definitions

  1. daisy

Ancestry of “pâquerette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchPâques—
2Middle FrenchPasquesEaster
3Old FrenchpasquesEaster
4Vulgar Latinpascuanominative feminine singular of pāscuus;...
5LatinPascha—
6Ancient GreekΠάσχαEaster
7Aramaicפסחא—
8HebrewפֶּסַחPassover
Every word from Hebrew פֶּסַח →