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Where does “-esco” come from?

-esco (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

-esco (Italian): Forms adjectives that indicate relationship,...

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Ancestry of “-esco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin-iscus-ish
2Latin-ensisOf or from
3Latinarvumfield; farm land
4Latincolō—
5Latinquelō—
6Proto-Italickʷelō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “-esco”

  • picturesque
  • burlesque
  • Romanesque
  • picturesqueness
  • picturesquely
  • statuesque
  • arabesque
  • carnivalesque
  • unpicturesque
  • Kafkaesque
  • Dantesque
  • romanesque
  • sculpturesque
  • Whitmanesque
  • Giottesque
  • gigantesque
  • Raphaelesque
  • Rembrandtesque
  • Titianesque
  • Rubenesque
  • Chaplinesque
  • Lincolnesque
  • Junoesque
  • Caravaggesque
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