[Philsworld]

What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. It bears the Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, as pronounced by the people of Ninevah, was evidently identical with that now in common use in this country. That name, as found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments is Ishtar.
Source: The Two Babylons, by the Rev. Alexander Hislop, published 1943 and 1959 in the U.S. by Loizeaux Brothers, Neptune, New Jersey, page 103.

The word Easter, which comes from the Anglo-Saxon, is a term derived from the pagan goddess of the dawn.
Source: The Catholic Encyclopedia, Revised and Updated, Copyright 1987, Robert C. Broderick, Editor, Thomas Nelson Publishers, page 177.

[Cronos]

Easter is an English word.

The name for the feast is Pacal, pasqua.

English is a fairly new language.

And Eostre wasn’t anything more than speculation. There was no goddess by that name

[af_vet_1981]

hat means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name.

As others have nobly pointed out, the problem is in the English language, and to that extent in the English translations of the Bible. Easter = Pascha = Passover, and specifically, in the Gospel context, the trial, death, burial, and resurrection of our LORD Jesus Christ. That is what Easter means, all other contentions aside.