Zanichelli is typical of Parma, Reggiano and Modena, but it is specific to Parma and Reggio Emilia, it should derive from the medieval name Zanichellus, a hypochoral form of Zani, a dialectal contraction of the name John, of this use we have an example in Monza in 1246 in This act: "... Ubertinus filius quondam Obizonis de Puteo, Zanichellus et Senus et Zarus et Marchixius et Barberius et Guifredus filii Januarii Belincasa, on site Bevera Iohannes and Albertus qui dicuntur Gazari,... ", traces of this cognitive-ominization we find for example in a Letter sent by the famous German philosopher Leibnitz A in 1714: "Viro famous Johanni Hieronymo Zanichello-Godefridus Guilielmus Leibnitius S. P. D.-Egregious me nunere ornasti Missa de Ferro ejusque Nive dissertation Multam eruditionem physicam spirante. Eoque magis me Tibi obstrictum fateor, quod in hominem Vix nomine notum hoc benefum collocasti.... ". Integrations provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Zanichelli derives from the medieval name Joannichellus, one of the many derivatives of Johannes, has moved our surname, discreetly diffused in the Modenese. I remember here that the famous family of the bookmakers and publishers Zanichelli of Bologna is of Origin Modena and managed, in the nineteenth century, the bookcase which was then low and grandchildren and now sandwiches, under the porch of the Collegio San Carlo, in Via Emilia. F. Violi, surname in Modena and Modenese, 1996.
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