Scripture

paschal

From Pesach, Passover. Because Easter fell at Passover, the same word became 'Easter' from Ireland to Ethiopia and Russia, and even 'Christmas' in the Philippines, while English kept it only in 'paschal'.

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600 BCEBiblical Hebrew

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