"-escu" meaning in Romanian

See -escu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈes.ku/ Audio: LL-Q7913 (ron)-UbiquitousSwizzy--escu.wav
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Latin -iscus Romanian -esc? Romanian -escu From the suffix -esc, from Latin -iscus. Compare Italian -eschi. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ro|:from|-esc<id:suf><unc:1>|id=suf|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Latin -iscus Romanian -esc? Romanian -escu [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "pertaining to", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "pertaining to", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-iskos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-iskaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-isk", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-iscus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Romanian", "term" : "-esc", "lang" : "ro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Romanian", "term" : "-escu", "lang" : "ro" }" data-id="suf" data-lang="ro" data-title="-escu" id="Romanian:_suf">, {{der|ro|la|-iscus}} Latin -iscus, {{cog|it|-eschi}} Italian -eschi Head templates: {{head|ro|suffix}} -escu
  1. suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. Ionescu, Petrescu, Popescu, Georgescu, Marinescu, Niculescu, Constantinescu, Văcărescu, Lucescu, Lupescu, Albulescu, Ceaușescu, etc. Tags: morpheme
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          "Popescu",
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          "Georgescu",
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          "Văcărescu",
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          "Lucescu",
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          "Lupescu",
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          "Ceaușescu",
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