Zappalorto
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom the univerbation of zappare (“to hoe”) + lo (“the”) + orto (“vegetable garden”), a nickname for a cultivator.
Proper noun
editZappalorto m or f by sense
- a surname transferred from the nickname [in turn originating as an occupation]
Further reading
edit- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
Categories:
- Italian univerbations
- 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 nicknames
- Italian surnames from occupations