Etymograph

English

Rizzo

Rizzo comes from Sicilian Rizzu.

  1. SicilianmodernRizzu
  2. it,napmodernRizzo
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. SicilianmodernRizzu
  2. it,napmodernRizzo
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

Earliest quotation: 2019, Michael Smerconish, The Nixon letter I can’t forget: “I nevertheless enjoyed reminiscing with Frank Rizzo Jr., who…”

Today it means

name A surname from Italian.

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

Etymograph / Sicilian Rizzu / Rizzo