Etymology

Pascha

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Today it means: Passover (biblical, Israelite, Jewish, or Christian Passover; this term also includes Quartodeciman Passover, observed on Nisan 14, especially by Christians in Asia Minor) Full definition →

Latin pascha ← Ancient Greek πάσχα ← Aramaic פַּסְחָא
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromפֶּסַח
  2. Aramaic · derived fromפַּסְחָא
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromπάσχα“Passover”
  4. Latin · derived frompascha“Passover”
  5. English todayPascha

From Latin pascha (“Passover”), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Doublet of Pasch, paska, paskha, and Pesach.

Words from the same roots

Latinpascha all →

Ancient Greekπάσχα all →

Aramaicפַּסְחָא all →

Hebrewפֶּסַח all →

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