The tasso Surname
tasso Name Meaning and History
- Italian: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent yew tree, Italian tasso (Latin taxus, genitive taxi).
- Italian: from a Germanic personal name derived from the obscure element tat, possibly akin to Old High German tat ‘deed’. Compare English Tate.
- nickname for a person thought to resemble a badger, for example in his nocturnal habits, from Italian tasso ‘badger’ (Late Latin taxo, genitive taxonis, of Germanic origin).
- Greek (Tassos): from a reduced form of the personal name Anastasios (see Anastas) or a patronymic derived from it, such as Anastasopoulos.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 8 - Messages: 47
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| John Dominick TASSO | Heather Tasso | 29 |
| The Tassos of Oklahoma | Thomas Frederick Fuller, Sr. | 4 |
| Joseph (b. 1803) & Caroline (b. 1804) Tasso |
 dapate1
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| Tasso men invited to join Taxis, etc. Project | Valerie Karvoski | 0 |
| Tasso Grueff |
LynnTassoBarbee
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| Tracanelli / Tasso Families |
H_Tracanelli
| 3 |
| Catherine Tasso of Turin Italy | Susan Greene | 0 |
| Tasso (Tassoff) from Macedonia |
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