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in reply to a message by faerielights
Many Roman family names are so ancient that no one really knows their meaning. Many of them may be older than the Latin language itself and come from Etruscan or other languages of ancient Italy that are now completely lost to us. In Roman legend, Tatius itself was originally said to be the name of a king of the Sabine people of Italy. The only one of my name dictionaries that hazards a guess at the original meaning of Tatius is my Spanish one, (Diccionario de Nombres de Personas by Jose Albaiges Olivart), and it guesses that Tatius might be from Tata, a baby-talk word for "father" -- but that seems to be a somewhat wild guess to me. It is likely that no one will ever know for sure what Tatius originally meant.
This message was edited 11/16/2005, 6:25 PM
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The theory of Tata, baby-talk word for "father", as etymological source of Tatius, comes from The Latin Cognomina by I. Kajanto (Helsinki, Keskuskirjapaino, 1965) and appears (despite of Josep M. Albaigès's books) in Los nombres de pila españoles by Consuelo García Gallarín (Madrid, 1998), in Dizionario dei nomi propri by Giuseppe Pittàno (Milan, 1990) and in many Italian names websites.
Roberto Faure (Diccionario de nombres propios, Madrid, 2002) indicates that Tatius is probably from an Etruscan origin, but that some authors have proposed the Greek τάσσω (Atticus τάττω), "to ordre, to arrange, to put in order a battle".
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
Roberto Faure (Diccionario de nombres propios, Madrid, 2002) indicates that Tatius is probably from an Etruscan origin, but that some authors have proposed the Greek τάσσω (Atticus τάττω), "to ordre, to arrange, to put in order a battle".
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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Lumia you are a genius...
...many Greek sources mention that the names Tatianos/Tatiane/Tatiana signifies "person who puts things in order" and I spend a lot of time yesterday to make a connection without success. This is because "to but things in order" is "tasso" whereas the ancient (Attic dialect) "tatto" is no longer spoken :)
...many Greek sources mention that the names Tatianos/Tatiane/Tatiana signifies "person who puts things in order" and I spend a lot of time yesterday to make a connection without success. This is because "to but things in order" is "tasso" whereas the ancient (Attic dialect) "tatto" is no longer spoken :)
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No :)...
but I have many reliable books of names (and many not reliable books, too :) ).
But thanks anyway.
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
but I have many reliable books of names (and many not reliable books, too :) ).
But thanks anyway.
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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Wow, that's pretty interesting. Thank you!
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