Where does “Pasques” come from?

Pasques (Middle French) comes from Old French pasques, from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin Pascha, from Ancient Greek Πάσχα, from Aramaic פסחא, from Hebrew פֶּסַח — Passover.

Pasques (Middle French): Easter

Definitions

  1. Easter

Ancestry of “Pasques”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchpasquesEaster
2Vulgar Latinpascuanominative feminine singular of pāscuus;...
3LatinPaschaPascha / Passover or Easter
4Ancient GreekΠάσχαEaster
5Aramaicפסחא—
6HebrewפֶּסַחPassover

Words derived from “Pasques”

Every word from Hebrew פֶּסַח →Every word from Aramaic פסחא →Every word from Ancient Greek Πάσχα →