-esc
Moldavian
/-esk/
suffix
Definitions
- esque, -ish (used with a root to form adjectives)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -iscus derived from French -esque (-esque, -ish, -ic).
Origin
French
-esque
Gloss
-esque, -ish, -ic
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -esque English
- -iscus Latin
- -ēnsis Latin
- -ēscō Latin
- -esk German
- -esco Italian
- -isco Italian
- -esk Dutch, Flemish
- -esque French
- -sco Spanish, Castilian
- -ῐ́σκος Ancient Greek
- *-iskaz Proto-Germanic
- -eis Old French
- -ois Old French
- -esc Catalan, Valencian
- -escu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -escu Aromanian
- -isc lng