Etymograph

English

Giarratano

Giarratano comes from Italian Giarratana, from cerro ‘Turkey oak’, and ultimately from Latin cerrus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcerrus‘Turkey oak’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentcerro‘Turkey oak’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentGiarratana
  4. EnglishtodayGiarratano

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcerrus‘Turkey oak’
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentcerro‘Turkey oak’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentGiarratana
  4. EnglishtodayGiarratano

The story

The Giarratano surname is derived from Italian Giarratana, a town in Ragusa, Sicily. The town name Giarratana comes from Cerretanum, as noted by Sicilian etymologist Michele Pasqualino. Giarratana or Cerretanum is from Italian cerro, from the Latin Quercus Cerris, meaning Turkey oak, Quercus cerris, due to the many oak trees in the area.. Gradually over time, Cerretanum changed to Giarratana, due to phonetic assonance.

Every English word from Latin cerrus

Today it means

name A surname from Italian; a locative name derived from the town of Giarratana in Ragusa province, Sicily.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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