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PRISTERA | PRISTERI

Pristera, almost unique, would seem of the Catanzaro, Pristeri, only slightly less rare, is specific to the Reggino, should derive from a contracted form of the late Latin term presbytéra (wife of the priest), but could also be of Albanian descent and Derive from a nickname originating from the Albanian term prist (priest), to indicate, probably still always, the family of a priest. Additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Pristera is a Calabrian surname derived from the basic form Pristeri which comes from the term of the Grecanic dialect of the area of Bova ' peristeri ' = Colombo. Rohlfs 215.

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


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