See also: Vasquez

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese Vaasquez, from an earlier Velasco +‎ -ez.[1] Velasco and Belasco are Romance forms of a name in a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (probably Iberian [Term?] or Basque [Term?]). Doublet of Velázquez, Blázquez, and Valesco.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈbaskeθ/ [ˈbas.keθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈbaskes/ [ˈbas.kes]
  • Rhymes: -askeθ
  • Rhymes: -askes
  • Syllabification: Vás‧quez

Proper noun

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Vásquez m or f by sense

  1. a patronymical surname from Old Galician-Portuguese.

References

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  1. ^ Lidia Becker (2009) Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch[1], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, retrieved 31 July 2018, page 260

Further reading

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  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “Vaasque”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG