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
- IPA(key): /ˈbaskeθ/ [ˈbas.keθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈbaskes/ [ˈbas.kes] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -askeθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -askes (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: Vás‧quez
Proper noun
Vásquez m or f by sense
- a patronymical surname from Old Galician-Portuguese
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Vaasque”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega