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Why the Romanian family names are ending in "escu" (Ionescu, Popescu, Basescu, ...)?

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  • Ioana
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    1 decade ago
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    I’ve read somewhere that „escu” comes from the Pelasgian „-escunus” which means “from the same family/ tribe/ clan/ people with” (The Pelasgs were a people who were kindred with the Thracians. The Thracians had many tribes – about 200 – and among them were those of the Dacians, who are Romanians’ ancestors).

    So Ionescu might mean "from the same family with Ion".

  • 4 years ago

    Romanian Family Names

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