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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano, name of a saint. Compare Sicilian Caitanu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaeˈtano̝/, /kae̯ˈtano̝/
Proper noun
Caetano m or f
- (masculine) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Cajetan
- a surname
References
- “Caetano” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano, name of a saint. Compare Sicilian Caitanu.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Caetano m
- a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Cajetan
Derived terms