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PETTITI | PETTITTI

Both Piedmontese, Pettiti is widespread in Fossano in the Cuneo area and in Sant'Albano Stura and Ceva, and in Turin in Turin, Piobesi Torinese and Carmagnola, Pettitti is practically unique. additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi In all probability, these surnames derive from the nickname or medieval name Pettito (dialectal form of Petitto), a term that in ancient Italian literally means small, small - from the French petit (see Petit and Pitito): in Piedmont , to be precise, it should be remembered that many surnames are affected by an ancient French influence, even though over the centuries many of them have been Italianized (starting from the dialect or directly from French). Out of curiosity, however, it is interesting to note that Petit is a very common surname in France, exactly the seventh most common surname in the whole country - even in Italy, to be honest, there are many surnames with the meaning of small, for example Piccolo, Piccini, Piccioli, Piccirillo, Picciariello, etc. In conclusion, therefore, it would be the surnames of nicknames or personal names of the founders.

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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