English
Mazzanti
Mazzanti comes from Italian mazza ‘mace, bat, staff’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin *mattea ‘a dainty dish, a delicacy’.
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*mattea‘a dainty dish, a delicacy’reconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentmazza‘mace, bat, staff’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentMazzanti
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*mattea‘a dainty dish, a delicacy’reconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentmazza‘mace, bat, staff’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentMazzanti
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *met- ‘to cut (by measure’
through Vulgar Latin *mattea ‘a dainty dish, a delicacy’
Today it means
name A surname from Italian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *mattea / Mazzanti