Etymograph

English

Pasch

Pasch comes from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha ‘Pascha / Passover or Easter’, and goes back to Aramaic פַּסְחָא.

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEפַּסְחָאpasḥā
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχαpáskha‘Passover’
  3. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500pascha‘Pascha / Passover or Easter’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pasches
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Pask
  6. EnglishtodayPasch

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEפַּסְחָאpasḥā
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχαpáskha‘Passover’
  3. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500pascha‘Pascha / Passover or Easter’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pasches
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Pask
  6. EnglishtodayPasch

Today it means

noun Passover.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Aramaic פַּסְחָא / Pasch