Our Italian Surnames

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Genealogical Publishing Com, 1987 - History - 299 pages
"Our Italian Surnames covers every fact of Italian names and naming practices. It is here we discover, for example, that bussolari is Italian for compass, orsini means bear, and passalacqua stands for butterfly. In addition to sections on given names and the evolution of Italian surnames, the book contains chapters devoted to pet names, botanical names, geographical names, bird names, insect names, occupational names, and more. Our Italian Surnames is written for a popular audience, and each chapter of the book is a separate and informative unit in itself. Complete with a list of sources and an index of more than 7,500 names, Our Italian Surnames is a monument to the late Professor Fucilla's lifelong interest in the language and names of Italia."--Amazon.
 

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Contents

GIVEN NAMES
1
THE EVOLUTION OF ITALIAN SURNAMES
10
PET NAMES
31
KINSHIP NAMES
49
COMPOUND NAMES
53
DESIRABLE AND UNDESIRABLE QUALITIES
65
BOTANICAL NAMES
73
TOPOGRAPHICAL NAMES
96
INSECT NAMES
146
ARACHNID WORM REPTILE AMPHIBIAN AND MOLLUSK NAMES
150
OCCUPATIVE NAMES
157
OBJECT NAMES
177
ANATOMICAL NAMES
192
MISCELLANEOUS TYPES OF NAMES
219
THE ANGLICIZATION OF ITALIAN SURNAMES IN THE UNITED STATES
234
DICTIONARIES VOCABULARIES WORDLISTS AND GRAMMARS USED IN THE PRESENT STUDY
242

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES
104
BIRD NAMES
113
ANIMAL NAMES
130
FISH NAMES
142
OTHER BOOKS OR ARTICLES CITED
249
INDEX
253
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Page 9 - Giovanni in lano o in lov'ian va riconciando; quasi che '1 nome i buon giudici inganni, " e che quel meglio t'abbia a far poeta che non farà lo sludio de molti anni.
Page 6 - Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal (fool) is his name, and folly is with him.
Page 14 - Francesco di Bastiano di Filippo di ghuidetto di Jachopo di lando di Jacopo di Manello di lando di messer Tommaso Ghuidetti".

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