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# [[suffix]] forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. [[Ionescu]], [[Petrescu]], [[Popescu]], [[Georgescu]], [[Marinescu]], [[Niculescu]], [[Constantinescu]], [[Văcărescu]], [[Lucescu]], [[Lupescu]], [[Albulescu]], [[Ceaușescu]], etc.
# [[suffix]] forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. [[Ionescu]], [[Petrescu]], [[Popescu]], [[Georgescu]], [[Marinescu]], [[Niculescu]], [[Constantinescu]], [[Văcărescu]], [[Lucescu]], [[Lupescu]], [[Albulescu]], [[Ceaușescu]], etc.

====Derived terms====
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 15 May 2024

See also: escu

Aromanian

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Etymology 1

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From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus. Compare Romanian -esc.

Suffix

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-escu (feminine -eascã)

  1. -ish, -esque (added to a root to form an adjective)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Latin -ēscō (and -ēscunt in the case of the third-person plural). Cognates include Romanian -esc, Italian -isco, -iscono, Spanish -ezco, -ecen, Catalan -eixo, -eixen.

Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-escu

  1. Used with a stem to form the first-person singular and third-person plural present of most regular fourth conjugation verbs. E.g. unescu, tushescu, firescu, pãtsãscu, urãscu.
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Romanian

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Etymology

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From the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-escu

  1. suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. Ionescu, Petrescu, Popescu, Georgescu, Marinescu, Niculescu, Constantinescu, Văcărescu, Lucescu, Lupescu, Albulescu, Ceaușescu, etc.

Derived terms

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