-escu
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See also: escu
Aromanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus. Compare Romanian -esc.
Suffix[edit]
-escu (feminine -eascã)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- -eashti (adverbial form)
Etymology 2[edit]
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[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-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[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-escu
- suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. Ionescu, Petrescu, Popescu, Georgescu, Marinescu, Niculescu, Constantinescu, Văcărescu, Lucescu, Lupescu, Albulescu, Ceaușescu, etc.