Etymology

DeLisi

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Today it means: A surname from Italian. Full definition →

Italian De Lisi ← Sicilian Di Lisi
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The story

  1. Sicilian · derived fromDi Lisi“literally of Lisi”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromDe Lisi
  3. English todayDeLisi

Univerbation borrowed from Italian De Lisi, itself an italianization of Sicilian Di Lisi (“literally of Lisi”).

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