PassoveryoudaoicibaDictYouDict[Passover 词源字典]
1530, coined by Tyndale from verbal phrase pass over, to translate Hebrew ha-pesah "Passover," from pesah (see paschal), in reference to the Lord "passing over" the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he killed the first-born of the Egyptians (Ex. xii).[Passover etymology, Passover origin, 英语词源]