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
- suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g....
Ancestry of “-escu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | -esc | -esque, -ish; Used with a stem to form the... |
| 2 | Latin | -ēscō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-ēskō | — |
Words derived from “-escu”