-escu

See also: escu

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus. Compare Romanian -esc.

Suffix

-escu (feminine -eascã)

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

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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.

Romanian

Etymology

From the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus.

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, etc.
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