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-escu

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See also: escu

Aromanian

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Etymology 1

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    (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Derived from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus m. Compare Romanian -esc.

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    -escu (feminine -eascã)

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

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      (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Derived 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.

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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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        (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus. Compare Italian -eschi.

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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.

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