pascua

Easter; Passover; the period between the birth of Christ and the adoration of the Magi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pāscuum, pāscua (“grazing; feed for animals”), the confusion aided by the end of Lent fasting at Easter), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ).