-esk

From French -esque (“-ish, -ic, -esque”), from Italian -esco, from Latin -iscus, from Lombardic -isc (“-ish”), from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

Cognate with Old High German -isc (German -isch), Old English -isc, Old Norse -iskr, Gothic -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (-isks).

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-esk

1. -esque: in the style of manner of

Chiefly through French -esque, from Italian -esco, from Late Latin -iscus,[1] from a merger of Proto-Germanic *-iskaz and Ancient Greek -ίσκος (-ískos), both eventually from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Doublet of -isch, -sch.

• IPA^(key): /-ˈɛsk/

-esk

1. (elevated) -esque; used to form adjectives denoting a similarity in style or manner; productive use is chiefly (even more than in English) restricted to derivations from proper nouns

   ‎Kafka + ‎-esk → ‎kafkaesk

• -artig (with common nouns)

• -sch