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

1. 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
    • → Persian: عید پاک ('eyd-e pâk)
• Norman: Pâques, Paak (Sark)
• 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)