-escu
See also: escu
Aromanian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus. Compare Romanian -esc.
Suffix
edit-escu (feminine -eascã)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- -eashti (adverbial form)
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editSuffix
edit-escu
- 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.
Related terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editFrom the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus. Compare Italian -eschi.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-escu
- suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. Ionescu, Petrescu, Popescu, Georgescu, Marinescu, Niculescu, Constantinescu, Văcărescu, Lucescu, Lupescu, Albulescu, Ceaușescu, etc.