Easter, the origin of the name

While most European languages use a word related to the Latin ‘Pasqua’, the English use ‘Easter‘, which is of Germanic origin. In fact, the word is derived from the name of an ancient Pagan goddess named ‘éostre‘ in Old English. If you want to know more, here’s a link to the wikipedia article.

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