A Romance language descended from Latin, formed on the Iberian Peninsula and now an official language of Spain and most countries of Latin America.
Many Europeansurnames originated from 'son of [father's name].' English -son (Johnson, Jackson), Celtic Mc/Mac (McDonald, MacArthur) and O' (O'Brien), Spanish -ez (Rodríguez, González), and Slavic -vić (Ibrahimović, Đoković) all trace back to a father's name that became hereditary.