Etymograph

English

Pasqua

Pasqua comes from Italian Pasqua ‘a female given name, masculine equivalent…’, from Latin pascha ‘Pascha / Passover or Easter’, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew פֶּסַח.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEפֶּסַחpésaḥ
  2. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEפַּסְחָאpasḥā
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχα‘Passover’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpascha‘Pascha / Passover or Easter’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEpascua
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentPasqua‘a female given name, masculine equivalent Pasquale’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEפֶּסַחpésaḥ
  2. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEפַּסְחָאpasḥā
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσχα‘Passover’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpascha‘Pascha / Passover or Easter’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEpascua
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentPasqua‘a female given name, masculine equivalent Pasquale’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Biblical Hebrew פֶּסַח

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

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

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew פֶּסַח / Pasqua

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