English
Pasch
Pasch comes from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha ‘Pascha / Passover or Easter’, and goes back to Aramaic פַּסְחָא.
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEפַּסְחָאpasḥā
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχαpáskha‘Passover’
- Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500pascha‘Pascha / Passover or Easter’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pasches
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Pask
- EnglishtodayPasch
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEפַּסְחָאpasḥā
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχαpáskha‘Passover’
- Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500pascha‘Pascha / Passover or Easter’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pasches
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Pask
- EnglishtodayPasch
Every English word from Aramaic פַּסְחָא
Today it means
noun Passover.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Aramaic פַּסְחָא / Pasch