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without the "aggio" or "aggi" both surnames have seemingly meaningless affixes... "Pi" and "Bi"... Anyone knows their meaning?
Sprengel invented an important object, anyone knows what his surname means?
Sprengel invented an important object, anyone knows what his surname means?
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You can't assume that -aggio is a suffix derived from Latin -aticus in every Italian surname. For example, Maggio comes from Latin Maius 'May' and Baggio is thought to come from Celtic bagos 'oak'. As for Biag(g)i(o), of which Piag(g)i(o) is probably a variant, it comes from Latin blæsus (later blasius) 'stutterer, stammerer'.
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http://surnames.behindthename.com/bb/sur/4312244
Result of a simple Google search:
http://lastnames.myheritage.nl/last-name/Sprengel
The meaning of the name Sprengel:
1. habitational name from a place so called, north of Soltau.
2. hence a nickname for a lively, athletic person, from Middle Low German sprengel ‘grasshopper’.
3. from Middle High German sprengel ‘aspergill’, ‘sprinkler for holy water’; of uncertain application.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Mar 2003
Result of a simple Google search:
http://lastnames.myheritage.nl/last-name/Sprengel
The meaning of the name Sprengel:
1. habitational name from a place so called, north of Soltau.
2. hence a nickname for a lively, athletic person, from Middle Low German sprengel ‘grasshopper’.
3. from Middle High German sprengel ‘aspergill’, ‘sprinkler for holy water’; of uncertain application.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Mar 2003
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Thanks Marc and Marina for your answers... And it is true Marc I cannot assume it... But in a previous post I asked about the origin of caravaggio and I was left with an unexplained "aggio" which, I think it was Marina, was answered with the aticus possibility and since etymology is not a hard science I appreciate any theory if it makes sense... Would you say that the "aggio" in caravaggio" is from "aticus"? Or would you say it has a different origin?
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