Sellitto
English
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Etymology
editBorrowed from Italian Sellitto.
Proper noun
editSellitto (plural Sellittos)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sellitto is the 41959th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 518 individuals. Sellitto is most common among White (95.17%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sellitto”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom the Late Latin personal name Sellictus, from the adjective selectus (“chosen, selected”), a name favored by early Christians.
Proper noun
editSellitto m or f by sense
- a surname originating as a patronymic [in turn from Late Latin]
Further reading
edit- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
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- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
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- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian surnames
- Italian surnames from patronymics
- Italian surnames from Late Latin