Etymograph

English

Pascha

Pascha comes from Latin pascha ‘Passover’, and goes back to Aramaic פַּסְחָא.

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEפַּסְחָאpaskha
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχαpáskha‘Passover’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpascha‘Passover’
  4. EnglishtodayPascha

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEפַּסְחָאpaskha
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχαpáskha‘Passover’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpascha‘Passover’
  4. EnglishtodayPascha

Every English word from Aramaic פַּסְחָא

Today it means

noun Passover (biblical, Israelite, Jewish, or Christian Passover; this term also includes Quartodeciman Passover, observed on Nisan 14, especially by Christians in Asia Minor)

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

Etymograph / Aramaic פַּסְחָא / Pascha

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