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Very rare, it would seem to originate from Tuscany. additions provided by Orlando Papei (http://www.sienaquietvilla.net/papei.html) Probably of Tuscan origin, it could derive from the word Papeio (papeo, papìo) = wick, originally paper, then also of other materials, of the lantern to candle oil; wick. In particular the extreme part of the wick, which, blackened by the flame, protrudes from the light (it could derive from papyrus); one might come to think that the first of the Papeis, had had to do with lights, wicks or something similar, since the early Middle Ages; it is also possible that instead derives from unsoprannome originated from the particular slender and slender figure of the progenitor, and that it was for this nicknamed "papeo".
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