Etymology

Sciortino

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Today it means: A surname from Italian [in turn from Arabic]. Full definition →

Italian Sciortino ← Sicilian Sciurtinu ← Old Sicilian Xurtinu
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  1. Old Sicilian · derived fromXurtinu
  2. Sicilian · derived fromSciurtinu
  3. Italian · borrowed fromSciortino
  4. English todaySciortino

From Italian Sciortino, from Sicilian Sciurtinu, from Old Sicilian Xurtinu. Doublet of Sortino.

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