Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

CAZZA | CAZZETTA

Cazza, practically unique, is from the Lecce area, Cazzetta is a typically Apulian surname, distributed in the Matera area, the Bari area, in the Taranto area in particular, in the Brindisi area and in the Lecce area, with some presence also in Sicily, Palermo and Nisseno and Catania, should derive directly or through a diminutive, from the medieval Latin term caza (metal ladle, casserole), an instrument used mainly by alchemists and herbalists in the preparation of their mixtures; it could therefore be assumed that these were the professions of the founders.

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Cazzetta
Nobles: Italia (Lombardia)
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Cazzetti
Variations Last name: Cazzetta - Gazzetti - Iazzetti
Nobles: Italia (Lombardia)
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano