Where does “-escu” come from?

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

-escu (Romanian): suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g....

Definitions

  1. suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g....

Ancestry of “-escu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-esc-esque, -ish; Used with a stem to form the...
2Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
3Proto-Italic*-ēskō—

Words derived from “-escu”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-ēskō →