Fiteni

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Maltese

Root
f-t-n
1 term

Etymology

Derived from Arabic فَتَّان (fattān, “tempter”).[1]

Proper noun

Fiteni

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Avram, Andrei A. (2017) “On the phonology of Sicilian Arabic and early Maltese”, in Advances in Maltese Linguistics, volume 21, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 6: “*fattān > fiteni 1419”
  • Wettinger, Godfrey (1968) “The distribution of surnames in Malta in 1419 and in the 1480s.”, in Journal of Maltese Studies, volume 5, page 38
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