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PASSETTI | PASSETTO

Passetti has a lineage between Livorno and Pisa, in Cascina and Calcinaia in Pisa and in Livorno and Piombino, one in Rome and one in Frontone and Cagli in the Urbino area, Passetto, absolutely rare, is from Naples, could derive from nicknames originating from the Archaic term passetto (kind of corridor or narrow covered alley), perhaps indicating that the place of residence was near an alley of this kind, it is also possible that these surnames refer to the term passetto, an ancient Italian unit of measurement that in Livorno was worth 1167 mm, and in the Urbino and Rome 670 mm, perhaps to characterize the meticulous character of the progenitor or his profession.

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


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Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

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