pasques
Old French
noun
Definitions
- Easter Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Christ
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pascua, pascha (Easter, Passover) derived from Ancient Greek πάσχα (Passover).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πάσχα
Gloss
Passover
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Paschae, paschae Latin
- pascha Latin
- pascha, Pascha Latin
- paschae Latin
- paschalis Latin
- pascua Latin
- Pasqua Italian
- Pâques French
- pascua Spanish, Castilian
- πάσχα Ancient Greek
- páskar Old Norse
- pasches Old French
- pasko Esperanto
- Pasqua Catalan, Valencian
- Paskah Indonesian
- Pasg Welsh
- paschen Middle Dutch
- Cásc Old Irish
- Pâques Norman
- pāschen Middle High German
- pashkë Albanian
- Pasques Middle French
- פּאַסכע Yiddish
- פֶּסַח Hebrew (modern)
- פסח Hebrew (modern)
- פסחא Hebrew (modern)
- pascoa Old Portuguese
- pascua Old Portuguese
- pāscha Old Saxon
- pascua Asturian
- Pask Cornish
- pasquêta Ligurian
- פַּסְחָא Aramaic
- פסחא Aramaic
- puoscua Dalmatian
- Pâques Bourguignon