pasques

See also: Pasques, pasqües, and Pasqües

Old French

Alternative forms

pasche, pasches, pasque

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”).

Noun

pasques f pl

Easter (Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Christ)

Usage notes

In early Old French, the singular pasque was used.

Descendants

Bourguignon: Pâques
Middle French: Pasques
- French: Pâques
  - Haitian Creole: Pak
  - → Lingala: Páke
Norman: Pâques, Paak
Picard: Paques
Walloon: Påke
→ Middle English: Pask, Paske, Paskes, Pasche, Pasch, Pasque
- English: Pasch (archaic)
- Scots: Pace

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pasques, supplement)

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