Cadon is typical of Alghero (SS), Cadonedda, perhaps of the Nuorese, it would seem by now almost disappeared, Cadoni is widespread in all Sardinia, they should derive, directly or through hypocoristic, from nicknames originated from the Sardinian words cadone or cadoni (mercorella, plant of the Euphorbiacee also called mercurialis annual infesting of the vineyards and that gives a bad taste to the wine) perhaps used in a derogatory way. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas CADONE; CADONI: su cadòni is an herb, the mercorella: chenopodium album. It is an enemy of winemakers, because it gives a bad taste to wine: "Custu binu tenit sabori de cadòni"! This wine tastes like mercorella. It should be thrown away! It is really a plague: it spoils the wine! On the etymology of the word uncertainties remain, Wagner himself puts a question mark. From our point of view, considering the fact that the Byzantine monks were the masters, for the Sardinians, for the conservation of the products of the earth and for the use of herbs and officinal plants, as well as for culture and religion. we thought of a Greek word containing the effects of the mercorella: with the verb ???? + ????? (càdo + òinos) = damaging the wine. We have no other suggestions. As a surname we did not find it in the ancient papers. In the history we remember: Cadoni Antioco, historian of the XIXth century, author of economic and administrative history. His works include, The Municipality of Iglesias and Minister Sella, from 1872. Currently the surname Cadoni is present in 245 Municipalities of Italy, of which 102 are in Sardinia: Cagliari 122, Oristano 113, Santa Giusta 113, Quartu SE 103 , Escolca 68, Sassari 53, etc. Rome counts 103. Cadone instead is present in 6 Italian Municipalities, of which 3 in Sardinia .: Alghero 56, Selargius 3, Cagliari 3.
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