'Easter' must tell us something of it's origins or at least of it's history. Here from Wikipedia: The modern English term Easter developed from the Old English word Ēastre or Ēostre (IPA: [ˈæːɑstre, ˈeːostre] ), which itself developed prior to 899. The name refers to Eostur-monath (Old English "Ēostre month"), a month