Where does “-esc” come from?

-esc (Romanian) comes from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-esc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
2Proto-Italic*-ēskō—

Words derived from “-esc”

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