Manzoni

Manzoni

Italian

Etymology

There are several hypotheses:

• from manzo (“steer”), as an occupational surname for cow breeders;
• from Latin mānsus (“remained”, later “tame”), referring to a land worker, or the related Italian medieval given name Manso;
• from Provençal. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈd͡zo.ni/[1]
• Rhymes: -oni
• Hyphenation: Man‧zó‧ni

Proper noun

Manzoni m or f by sense

1. a surname

   Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist

Derived terms

• manzoniano

References

1. Manzoni in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)