Vázquez
See also: Vazquez
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Portuguese Vaasquez, from Old Galician-Portuguese Veasquez, from an earlier Velasquiz, from Belasco + -ez, meaning "son/daughter of Belasco".[1] Velasco or Belasco are Romance forms of a name in a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Cognate with Portuguese Vasques, Spanish Velázquez and Blázquez.
Proper noun edit
Vázquez
- a patronymical surname
References edit
- “Vaasque” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “Vázquez” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Proper noun edit
Vázquez ?
- Alternative form of Vásquez