Vásquez

See also: Vasquez

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vásquez m or f by sense

  1. a patronymical surname from Old Galician-Portuguese

References

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

Further reading

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Vaasque”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
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