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escu Aromanian Pronunciation rup rup Etymology 1 rup suf :inh la:-iscus<id:suf> 1 rup rup la-lat -, rup la-vul -iscus m. Compare ro -esc. Suffix rup suffix feminine -eascã -ish, -esque (added to a root to form an adjective) Derived terms rup armãnescu rup bãrbãtescu rup crishtinescu rup frãtsescu rup uminescu rup Related terms rup -eashti (adverbial form) Etymology 2 rup vsuf :inh la:-ēscō<id:vsuf> 1 rup rup la -ēscō (and la -ēscunt in the case of the third-person plural). Cognates include ro -esc, it -isco, it -iscono, es -ezco, es -ecen, ca -eixo, ca -eixen. Alternative forms rup -ãscu Suffix rup suffix 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 rup -eshti rup -eashti Romanian Etymology ro suf :from -esc<id:suf><unc:1> 1 ro From the suffix ro -esc, from ro la -iscus. Compare it -eschi. Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-UbiquitousSwizzy--escu.wav ro /ˈes.ku/ Suffix ro suffix suffix forming many Romanian surnames, e.g. Ionescu, Petrescu, Popescu, Georgescu, Marinescu, Niculescu, Constantinescu, Văcărescu, Lucescu, Lupescu, Albulescu, Ceaușescu, etc. Derived terms ro Further reading