Manzoni
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Italian
Etymology
There are several hypotheses:
- from manzo (“steer”), as an occupational surname for cow breeders;
- from Latin mānsus (“remained”, later “tame”), referring to a land worker, or the related Italian medieval given name Manso;
- from Provençal. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Manzoni m or f by sense
- a surname
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist
Derived terms
References
- ^ Manzoni in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)