Vásquez

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Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese Vaasquez, from an earlier Velasco +‎ -ez.[1] Velasco and Belasco are Romance forms of a name in a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (probably Iberian [Term?] or Basque [Term?]). Doublet of Velázquez, Blázquez, and Valesco.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈbaskeθ/ [ˈbas.keθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈbaskes/ [ˈbas.kes]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -askeθ
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -askes
  • Syllabification: Vás‧quez

Proper noun[edit]

Vásquez m or f by sense

  1. a patronymical surname from Old Galician-Portuguese.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lidia Becker (2009) Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch[1], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, retrieved 31 July 2018, page 260

Further reading[edit]

  • Vaasque” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.