Pasquale (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Pasquale is a masculine Italian given name and a surname found all over Italy, cognate of French name Pascal, Spanish name Pascual, and Catalan name Pasqual. Pasquale derives from the Latin paschalis or pashalis, which means "relating to Easter," from Latin pascha ("Easter"), Greek, Aramaic pas, in turn from the Hebrew pesach, which means "to be born on, or to be associated with, Passover day." Since the Hebrew holiday Passover coincides closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the Latin word came to be used for both occasions.