Surname · also Old Galician-Portuguese

Páscoa

“grazing”

Páscoa is a surname from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Páscoa goes back to a word meaning “grazing.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Páscoa comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Galician-Portuguese Pascoa, from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα, from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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“spreadling” · “seed”

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“extreme end” · “widely spread mouth”

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“judge” · “discerner”

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