Very rare Mussati is typical of the Modena area, Mussato is equally rare of the Treviso area, Muzzatti is typical of the Pordenone area, absolutely rare, has very small strains in Spilimbergo, Cavasso Nuovo and Castelnuovo del Friuli, and should derive from a nickname originated from the dialect word musso (donkey) , perhaps linked to the profession of donkey or donkey, but it is also possible that they derive from the Latin cognomen Mutius or from the nomen Mucius, used in the Middle Ages as, for example, can be seen in this testimony given in Brescia in 1175: ".. .quod illi de Nuvolera not habebant ab illo termino in susum aliquid ad dicendum cum illis de Serlis; et hoc idem dixit tunc ibi Mutius ... "; we find traces of this surname in Padua in 1200 Albertino Mussato notary, speaker, historian, noble defender of the Paduan people against the Scaligeri.
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