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Where does “popesc” come from?

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

popesc (Romanian): priestly; of a priest, parson, clergyman

Definitions

  1. priestly; of a priest, parson, clergyman

Ancestry of “popesc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-esc-esque, -ish; Used with a stem to form the...
2Latin-ēscō—
3Proto-Italic*-ēskō—
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