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Significat (Anglès)

patronymic surname suffix, that forms many Spanish surnames

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb portuguès: -es

Heretat de llatí: -itiēs

Cognat amb romanès: -ețe

Cognat amb francès: -esse

In summary

Unknown; the most popular theories are that it was either an internal innovation (from a reanalysis of the genitive in names ending with -ricus, i.e. -rici, as naming suffix) or a borrowing from pre-Roman languages (given the various forms the suffix took in the Middle Ages). Compare Portuguese -es.