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Carisi is typical of Chioggia (VE), Carisio, extremely rare, is typical of the area between Pavese, and Piedmont, Carrisio, unique, is probably due to a transcription error, Carrisi is specific to Salent and should all derive from the Latin nomen Carisius or Carisus , in the Historiae of Livy we read: "... tam cum consilio uenientibus, nisi Brigaecini prodidissent, a quibus praemonitus Carisius cum exercitum aduenit ..." and in an ancient Roman tombstone we read: "D (is) M (anibus ) / M (arch) Carisi Maxi / mini M (arcus) Caris (ius) Paca / tus fratri most ".
Carrese is typically from Campania, from Castellammare di Stabia and Naples in the Neapolitan and from Limatola in the Benevento area, Carresi instead is Tuscan, from San Giovanni Valdarno and Montevarchi in the Arezzo area, from Florence and Follonica and Grosseto from the Grosseto area, Carrise is practically unique, Carrisi it is specific of the Salento, of Vernole, Trepuzzi, Lecce, Alezio and Seclì in the Lecce area, of San Pietro Vernotico in the Brindisi area and of Taranto, it should derive from nicknames originating from the archaic dialectal term carrese or carrise, used to define the chariot races pulled by pairs of oxen, but also the wagon itself and the driver of this type of vehicle.
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