i

From Latin ī (the name of the letter I).

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the name of the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">I</i>

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.; i


o

From Latin ō (the name of the letter O).

inh

the name of the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">O</i>

The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.


di

From Latin dē (the name of the letter D).

der

the name of the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">D</i>

The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.; dee


a

From Latin ā (the name of the letter A).

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.; a


sicilianu

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sicilianu (feminine singular siciliana, masculine and feminine plural siciliani)

siciliana (feminine singular)
siciliani (feminine masculine plural)


grecu

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.kʊ̠]

From Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).


russu

russu (feminine singular russa, masculine and feminine plural russi)

russa (feminine singular)
russi (feminine masculine plural)

From Vulgar Latin *Russus, from the adjective of Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare Italian russo.

Russian (of, from or relating to Russia)


russu

Russian (native or inhabitant of Russia)


tarantinu

Tarantino (native or inhabitant of Taranto)


Saru

Diminutive of Rusariu, from Latin rosary. Cognate with Spanish Rosario and Italian Rosario.

a male given name, equivalent to English Rosario


Dimitra

From the vulgarization of Latin Dēmētēr.

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dimitra

Δήμητρα Δήμητρα#Greek

A transliteration of the Greek female given name Δήμητρα (Dímitra).


Plutarcu

[plʊ̠ˈt̪äːɾ.kʊ̠]

From Latin Plūtarchus, from Ancient Greek Πλούτᾰρχος (Ploútarkhos).

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Plutarch, notably borne by Luciu Mestriu Plutarcu of Chaeronea (Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, ca. 46 – 120 C.E.), a celebrated Graeco-Roman philosopher, historian, biographer, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi; best known for his Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, a biographical series commonly referred to as Plutarch's Parallel Lives.


tudiscu

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin theodiscus, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz. Compare Italian tedesco.


Liotru

Unclear, but probably from or cognate to Old Italian Eliodoro, from Ancient Greek Ἡλιόδωρος (Hēliódōros), in particular from Heliodorus of Catania (although this is somewhat peculiar, given he was an early medieval apostate from Christianity to magic).

a male given name, equivalent to English Heliodorus


Dumìnicu

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Latin dominicus, from dominus (“lord”, “master”) + -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, “belonging to”, “connected with”).

suffix

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dominic


Luici

Superseded (by conflation with Italian Luigi) the older native form Lisi (then also Lici), which was already an adaptation of Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). Compare English Louis, Spanish Luis, German Ludwig, Italian Luigi, Portuguese Luís.
Compare the same phono-morphological output also for articianu (“artisan”), parmicianu (“parmisan”), particianu (“partisan”), also Diunisi (“Dionysius, Dennis”) and Tamisi (“Thames”).

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Louis, Lewis

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Louis, notably borne by several French monarchs.


Ilìa

Sicilian: Lìa

Italian: Lia

Borrowed from Latin Ēliās, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías), from Hebrew אֵלִיָּה (ēliyā́, “Jah is my God”).


Lìa

→ Italian: Lia

→ Italian: Elia, Lea (italianized variant)

Sicilian: Liuzzu, Luzzu

Italian: Liuzzo

Apocoped variant of Ilìa, from Latin Ēliās, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías), from Hebrew אֵלִיָּה (ēliyā́, “Jah is my God”).

a male given name from Hebrew; Elijah, Elias.


Caitanu

Derived from the demonym caitanu, from Caiēta + -ānus, ultimately from Latin Caiēta, from Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).

a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Caitana, equivalent to English Cajetan


rijitanu

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rijitanu (feminine singular rijitana, masculine and feminine plural rijitani)

rijitana (feminine singular)
rijitani (feminine masculine plural)

By surface analysis, Riju + itanu; from Late Latin rhēgītanus (attested in the 5th-century De haeresi et historia Eutychiana), from Rhēgium + -ītānus, ultimately from Latin Rhegium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).


rijitanu

native or inhabitant of Reggio Calabria (male or of unspecified gender)


Vitu

→ Italian: Vito (mostly of Southener use)

Uncertain. Historically often related to the name of an early Sicilian martyr, as in Late Latin Vitus, borrowed from an unknown substrate, possibly from a Thracian one (suggested to mean "a person from Bithynia").
It seems possibly derived from the same root that gaves us English Guy and Italian Guido, which was rendered in Vitus; ultimately derived from the same cultural stratum of Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”) or Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”).
If the sources were several, a conflation between these has possibly occurred.

a male given name, equivalent to English Guy, Vito


Dumìnica

Feminine of Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Latin dominicus, from dominus (“lord”, “master”) + -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, “belonging to”, “connected with”). Cognate with French Dominique, Italian Domenica, Spanish Dominga.

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dominique