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The {{glossary|noun}} is derived from {{inh|en|enm|Ester}}, from {{inh|en|ang|ēastre}}, seemingly from {{m|ang|Ēastre}}, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival was celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*Austrā}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*Austrǭ}}, derived from {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂ews-|t=dawn; east}}.<ref>Compare {{R:OED Online|pos=''n.''{{sup|1}}|noformat=1|id=59097|date=December 2020|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=n}}</ref>
The {{glossary|noun}} is derived from {{inh|en|enm|Ester}}, from {{inh|en|ang|ēastre}}, seemingly from {{m|ang|Ēastre}}, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival was celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*Austrā}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*Austrǭ}}, derived from {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂ews-|t=dawn; east}}.<ref>Compare {{R:OED Online|pos=''n.''{{sup|1}}|noformat=1|id=59097|date=December 2020|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=n}}</ref>


The use of the term as a Christian holiday is closely related to [[William Tyndale]]'s and other [[post-reformation]] emerging English Bibles translating {{der|en|la|pascha}}. The name of the holiday in languages is derrived usually from the term used in e.g. Mark 14:1.
The use of the term as a Christian holiday is closely related to [[William Tyndale]]'s and other [[post-reformation]] emerging English Bibles translating {{der|en|la|pascha}}. The name of the holiday in languages is derived usually from the term used in e.g. Mark 14:1.


The English word is cognate with {{cog|nds-de|Oostern|t=Easter}}, {{cog|goh|ōstarūn}} (modern {{cog|de|Ostern}}), and is a {{doublet|en|east|nocap=1}}. Despite a modern folk-etymology, not related to {{m|en|Ishtar}}.
The English word is cognate with {{cog|nds-de|Oostern|t=Easter}}, {{cog|goh|ōstarūn}} (modern {{cog|de|Ostern}}), and is a {{doublet|en|east|nocap=1}}. Despite a modern folk-etymology, not related to {{m|en|Ishtar}}.

Revision as of 12:15, 6 April 2023

See also: easter

English

WOTD – 4 April 2021

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English Ester, from Old English ēastre, seemingly from Ēastre, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival was celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from Proto-West Germanic *Austrā, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”).[1]

The use of the term as a Christian holiday is closely related to William Tyndale's and other post-reformation emerging English Bibles translating Latin pascha. The name of the holiday in languages is derived usually from the term used in e.g. Mark 14:1.

The English word is cognate with German Low German Oostern (“Easter”), Old High German ōstarūn (modern German Ostern), and is a doublet of east. Despite a modern folk-etymology, not related to Ishtar.

The verb is derived from the noun.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iːstə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: Eas‧ter

Noun

Easter (countable and uncountable, plural Easters)

  1. (Christianity)
    1. A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.
      We spent each of the past five Easters together as a family.
      • 2022 April 15, Anne Applebaum, Jeffrey Goldberg, quoting Volodymyr Zelensky, “LIBERATION WITHOUT VICTORY”, in The Atlantic‎[1], archived from the original on 15 April 2022:
        During the Easter season, the Russians are planning “a great battle in Donbas,” the Russian-occupied region in Ukraine’s far east. “This is not Christian behavior at all, as I understand it. On Easter they will kill, and they will be killed.”
    2. Eastertide (“the period from Easter to Whitsun”).
    3. (specifically, Roman Catholicism, dated, now chiefly figuratively) Usually preceded by an inflection of make: the act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter.
  2. (UK, Ireland, law, education) Ellipsis of Easter term.
  3. (paganism) A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara.
  4. (obsolete) The Jewish Passover.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Chickasaw: Iista'

Translations

See also

Proper noun

Easter

  1. A surname.

Verb

Easter (third-person singular simple present Easters, present participle Eastering, simple past and past participle Eastered)

  1. (intransitive) To celebrate Easter.
  2. (intransitive) To spend the Easter season in some place.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Compare “Easter, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “Easter, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “Easter, v.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2018.

Further reading

Anagrams

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