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ETZO | EZZA | EZZIS

Etzo is typical of Atzara (NU), Ezza would seem typical of Usini (SS), Ezzis, extremely rare, is of the Sassari area, they should all derive from nicknames originating from the apocope of the Sardinian term etzumine (vecchiaume) or the term etzisèri (maliardo, charmer).

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


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