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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Italian

Meaning & History

Occupational name for a producer of silk, from Sicilian matassa "hank", "skein", also the name of a type of silk (cf. Metaxas).
Added 4/27/2014 by Fanny
Edited 7/22/2014 by Fanny