I had an uncle named Pasquale but everyone called him Pat or Patsy and being half Irish I thought it was Italian for Patrick. (chuckle) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fabio Parri" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 1:59 AM Subject: Re: translation of Pasquale > On 30 Jun 2004 08:15:52 -0700, [email protected] (Nico) wrote: > > >The name comes from the Jewish word "Pesah" that has become > >"Paschalis" in Latin language [...] > > Just a little correction: Pesah doesn't translate to Paschalis in > Latin, but to Pascha, which gives birth to the Italian Pasqua. > Paschalis is an adjective and it translates to 'paschal' as in > 'paschal lamb'. > > Fabio >