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Subject: Surname Grimaldi
Author: Getb   (guest, 190.237.9.19)
Date: May 21, 2012 at 12:07:17 PM
what is the "grim" in "grimaldi"? (The aldo is obviously "wald" or "weald" which means "power" or "rule" or "valdr" which is "ruler", or less probably the Germanic elements ald "old", or adal "noble". "Grim" can be "mask".)

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