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".
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