Vásquez
See also: Vasquez
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Vázquez
Etymology
From Medieval Galician 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
- 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
Vásquez ?
- a patronymical surname from Galician
References
- Lidia Becker (2009) Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, retrieved 31 July 2018, page 260
Further reading
- “Vaasque” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.