-esque
English
/-ɛsk/
suffix
Definitions
- In the style or manner of;
- Resembling;
Etymology
Borrowed from French -esque (-esque, -ish, -ic) derived from Italian -esco (-esque, -ish, -like, -ly) derived from Latin -iscus derived from -isc (-ish) derived from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (-ish) derived from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-iskos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -iscum Latin
- -iscus Latin
- -ēnsis Latin
- absolūtus Latin
- -esk German
- -isch German
- -esco Italian
- -esk Dutch, Flemish
- -isch Dutch, Flemish
- -esque French
- -sco Spanish, Castilian
- -ίσκος Ancient Greek
- -ῐ́σκος Ancient Greek
- *-iskos Proto-Indo-European
- -isk Norwegian Bokmål
- flamengo Portuguese
- *-iskaz Proto-Germanic
- -isk Swedish
- -isc Old English
- -isċ Old English
- -ish Middle English
- -isk Old Norse
- -iskr Old Norse
- -skr Old Norse
- -sk Danish
- *-ьskъ Proto-Slavic
- -ais Old French
- -eis Old French
- -ois Old French
- -esc Catalan, Valencian
- -isco Galician
- -esc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -escu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -isc Old High German
- -isks Latvian
- -iskur Faroese
- -skur Faroese
- -isch Middle High German
- -esch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- ־יש Yiddish
- *-isk gmw-pro
- -isc Old Dutch
- -escu Aromanian
- -iškas Lithuanian
- -isk Old Frisian
- *-iškas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- -yś Vilamovian
- -isc lng
- ieltsch Crimean Gothic