-escu

See also: escu

Aromanian

Etymology 1

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

Suffix

-escu (feminine -eascã)

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

Derived terms

• armãnescu
• bãrbãtescu
• crishtinescu
• frãtsescu
• uminescu

Aromanian terms suffixed with -escu

Related terms

• -eashti (adverbial form)

Etymology 2

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

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.

Related terms

• -eshti
• -eashti

Romanian

Etymology

From the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈes.ku/

Suffix

-escu

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