pasch

pasch · noun¹

1. Old Norse · derived frompáskar
2. Latin · borrowed frompascha
3. English todaypasch

Borrowed from Latin pascha. Perhaps also influenced by Old Norse páskar and its derivatives.

Pasch · noun²

1. Hebrew · derived fromפֶּסַח
2. Aramaic · derived fromפַּסְחָא
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromπάσχα
4. Ecclesiastical Latin · derived frompascha
5. Old French · derived frompasches
6. Middle English · derived fromPask
7. English todayPasch

From Middle English Pask, Paske, Paskes, from Old French pasches (modern French Pâques), from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésaḥ). Doublet of Pascha, paska, paskha, and Pesach.

Words from the same roots