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[Facts] Re: Ascanio
I checked the book - it's an interesting one, indeed.Just a word of caution: In 1843, the year this book was published, linguistics and the study of etymologies were still rather young sciences. Maybe the similarity with a Greek word for "dweller" is pure coincidence.Funny anyway that the name should mean simply "dweller", not "dweller of place (x)" or "citizen of city (y)" or similar.
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QuoteFunny anyway that the name should mean simply "dweller", not "dweller of place (x)" or "citizen of city (y)" or similar.

Could "dweller" have meant "brooding," like it does today?
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Well, the book which is in German gives a sense / translation / etymology of "der Wohnende" for the name which does mean "dweller" in the sense of to live, to dwell at a given place.
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