-esque Definition

esk

suffix

In the manner of; resembling.

Lincolnesque.

American Heritage

In the style or manner of; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives.

Wiktionary

Resembling; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives.

Wiktionary

affix

In the manner or style of.

Romanesque.

Webster's New World

Having the quality of; like.

Statuesque.

Webster's New World

Origin of -esque

From French -esque (“-ish, -ic, -esque”), from Italian -esco, from Latin -iscus, of Germanic origin, 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 - (-isks). More at -ish.

From Wiktionary
French from Italian -esco from Vulgar Latin -iscus of Germanic origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Fr < It -esco < Gmc suffix akin to OHG -isc, -ish

From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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