-escu
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See also: escu
Aromanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Derived from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus m. Compare Romanian -esc.
Suffix
-escu (feminine -eascã)
Derived terms
Related terms
- -eashti (adverbial form)
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Derived from Latin -ēscō (and -ēscunt in the case of the third-person plural). Cognates include Romanian -esc, Italian -isco, -iscono, Spanish -ezco, -ecen, Catalan -eixo, -eixen.
Alternative forms
- -ãscu
Suffix
-escu
- Used with a stem to form the first-person singular and third-person plural present of most regular fourth conjugation verbs. E.g. unescu, tushescu, firescu, pãtsãscu, urãscu.
Related terms
- -eshti
- -eashti
Romanian
Etymology
Etymology tree
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus. Compare Italian -eschi.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-escu
- suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. Ionescu, Petrescu, Popescu, Georgescu, Marinescu, Niculescu, Constantinescu, Văcărescu, Lucescu, Lupescu, Albulescu, Ceaușescu, etc.
Derived terms
Further reading
- -escu in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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