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Musmeci is specific to Acireale in the Catania area, but has a good distribution also in Catania, Palermo and Messina, Mussumeci, always Sicilian, is almost unique, Musumeci is typical of south-eastern Sicily, could derive from the toponym Mussomeli (CL) modified by dialect, but a derivation from the Arabic Mussum (Muslim) or Mussamil (absorbed, ecstatic) is more likely. additions provided by Giovanni Cacciola this surname appears in Acireale as early as the 1500s in the Latin form of Musumechi.la Musmeci form could only be a transcription error.In a list of Acireale officers, who could compete for public office, we find an A. Musmeci in 1583, in the same year, we also note a S.Musumechi, in the same list still include a G.Musmeci in 1592-93, G.Musumechi in 1594-95, G.Musmeci in 1597-98, a F.Musumeci in 1609-10. The Musmeci also had the title of barons and lords of the Tower.
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