Where does “-escu” come from?

-escu (Aromanian) comes from Latin -iscus, from Proto-West Germanic -isk, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

-escu (Aromanian): -ish, -esque; Used with a stem to form the...

Definitions

  1. -ish, -esque; Used with a stem to form the...

Ancestry of “-escu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-iscus-ish
2Proto-West Germanic-iskCreates adjectives from nouns
3Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
4Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-escu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Latin -iscus →