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Pasque
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pasque
Italian
Noun
it noun form f
it Pasqua
Middle English
Proper noun
enm proper noun 1
enm Pask
Old French
Alternative forms
fro pascor m
fro pasques f-p
fro pasches f-p
Etymology
From fro la pascha (influenced by la pascuum pascuum, pascua grazing), from fro grc πάσχα, from fro arc pasḥa, from fro he פסחא pasḥa.
Pronunciation
fro
Proper noun
f
Easter
fro c. 1170 w:Chrétien de Troyes s:fr:Érec et Énide UN jor de Pasque, au tans novel. At Easter, at the start of the spring.
Usage notes
In early Old French, the singular was used.
Descendants
fr Pâques f-p