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Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus. Compare Romanian -esc.
Suffix
-escu (feminine -eascã)
- -ish, -esque (added to a root to form an adjective)
Derived terms
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.
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.
Romanian
Etymology
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