-escu

== Aromanian == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Derived from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus m. Compare Romanian -esc. ==== Suffix ==== -escu (feminine -eascã) -ish, -esque (added to a root to form an adjective) ===== Derived terms ===== armãnescu bãrbãtescu crishtinescu frãtsescu uminescu ===== Related terms ===== -eashti (adverbial form) === Etymology 2 === (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. ==== Alternative forms ==== -ãscu ==== Suffix ==== -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 ===== -eshti -eashti == Romanian == === Etymology === (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus. Compare Italian -eschi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈes.ku/ === Suffix === -escu suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. Ionescu, Petrescu, Popescu, Georgescu, Marinescu, Niculescu, Constantinescu, Văcărescu, Lucescu, Lupescu, Albulescu, Ceaușescu, etc. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-escu”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026