Pasch

  1. (archaic) Passover
  2. (archaic) Easter

Pronounced as (IPA)
/pæsk/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English Pask, Paske, Paskes, from Old French pasches (modern French Pâques), from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésaḥ). Doublet of Pascha, paska, paskha, and Pesach.

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