proper noun/ˈbaskeθ/
a patronymical surname from Old Galician-Portuguese
From Old Galician-Portuguese Vaasquez, from an earlier Velasco + -ez. Velasco and Belasco are Romance forms of a name in Paleo-Hispanic (probably Iberian [Term?] or Basque [Term?]). Doublet of Velázquez, Blázquez, and Valesco.