Spanish, Galician, and Italian: ethnic name from vasco
‘Basque’, denoting someone from the Basque region, or from a Spanish
byname or Italian personal name of the same derivation. The
inhabitants of this region, which extends between southern France and
northern Spain, are first recorded in Latin sources as the
Vascones, a word of unknown origin. See also
Gascoigne. The Basques’ own name for themselves is
Euskaldun.Greek: see Vasko.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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