-escu

See also: escu

Aromanian

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.

Latin -iscus

Aromanian -escu

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Derived from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus m. Compare Romanian -esc.

Suffix

-escu (feminine -eascã)

1. -ish, -esque (added to a root to form an adjective)

Derived terms

• armãnescu
• bãrbãtescu
• crishtinescu
• frãtsescu
• uminescu

Aromanian terms suffixed with -escu

Related terms

• -eashti (adverbial form)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yetider.

Proto-Italic *-ēō

Latin -eō

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin -ēscō

Aromanian -escu

(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

1. 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

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.

Latin -iscus

Romanian -esc?

Romanian -escu

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) From the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus. Compare Italian -eschi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈes.ku/

Suffix

-escu

1. suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. Ionescu, Petrescu, Popescu, Georgescu, Marinescu, Niculescu, Constantinescu, Văcărescu, Lucescu, Lupescu, Albulescu, Ceaușescu, etc.

Derived terms

Romanian terms suffixed with -escu

Further reading

• -escu in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)