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| Gorgoll2 Senior Member Brazil veritassword.blogspo Joined 4955 days ago 159 posts - 192 votes  Speaks: Portuguese* | Message 1 of 4 20 November 2010 at 7:28pm | IP Logged |
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My name is Mateus Germano Moreira Frota Tibúrcio. But the surname "Tibúrcio" is stranger
to my friends. I searched it in dictionaries and didn´t find nothing. My father says it as Arabic. But, I don´t know. Could somebody say me what means Tibúrcio in some language? Edited by Gorgoll2 on 20 November 2010 at 7:29pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| marmite Triglot Newbie Portugal Joined 5022 days ago 35 posts - 57 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, French | Message 2 of 4 06 December 2010 at 8:31pm | IP Logged |
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I'm fairly certain it comes from the name Tiburtius (Latin) which is even the name of a saint. If you Google "Tiburtius etymology" or "Tiburtius name" you might find something. My googling in English and Portuguese relates it with Tiber (the river), as meaning "of the Tiber".
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| Gorgoll2 Senior Member Brazil veritassword.blogspo Joined 4955 days ago 159 posts - 192 votes Speaks: Portuguese* | Message 3 of 4 08 December 2010 at 1:00am | IP Logged |
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Thank you, marmite... Ethmology isn´t simple. But... Would my family be Italian?
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| marmite Triglot Newbie Portugal Joined 5022 days ago 35 posts - 57 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, French | Message 4 of 4 08 December 2010 at 2:06pm | IP Logged |
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Not necessarily. Latin was spoken around the entire Roman Empire, which was pretty large. A lot of these countries used Latin a lot afterwards as well. I also have no idea how far back your family goes with this name, either, so I'm afraid I can't help you more than this. The person to talk to about this would be a geneologist, who could be able to tell you when your ancestors adopted Tibúrcio as a last name and where they were from.
The name itself is just probably not Arabic, as it comes from Latin. I have no idea about your family, though, sorry! 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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