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Typical of Comasco and Nordmilanese. We find news of these surnames in 1730, when the foreman Domenico Tettamanti of Milan directs the reconstruction work of the parish of Ossimo Inferior (BS), dedicated to the Saints Cosma and Damiano. Additions provided by Giacomo Ganza/Villa di Tirano (SO) should derive from a playful or mocking epithet: from "Tetà ", Tettare (to breastfeed) and "mans", or Taurus; That is, of one who tries to suck the milk from a bull, with the meaning of foolish. Integrations provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Tettamnay, Tettamanti are composed of two words and mean "the one who gives food to the Manzi". They are a variant of the term ' tettavacch ' which in Milanese dialect indicated the Vaccaro (as ' straciavaca ' and ' Straciaporcus ' indicated the current butchers, specialists of the single animal). The first form (Tettamanzi) is the original one, the second derives from clerical and notarial transcription.
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