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Spampanato is typical of the Neapolitan, of Cimitile, Nola and Cicciano, Spampinato instead, has a secondary strain in Naples, but the main nucleus is Sicilian del Catanese, Catania, Gravina of Catania, Paternò, Misterbianco, Mascalucia, Belpasso, San Giovanni La Punta and Motta Sant'Anastasia, but also has strains in the Ennese, the Messina and the Palermitano. Additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi Spampanato has a main nucleus in Naples, Spampinato, present from north to south of the country, is more typically Sicilian, with major strains in Catania and, to a lesser extent, in Ennese and Syracuse, both these Surnames derive from the medieval name Spampanato or Spampinato, which literally means florid, luxurious, but, like the names flowery and florid, it is understood in the figurative sense of Vitale, full of life (see also vital). From the etymological point of view, in fact, the origin of the term spampinato (with variants in Pampinoso and Pampinuto) should be sought in the verb spampanarsi or spampinarsi, used in reference to flowers and especially to roses that have very open and developed petals (i.e. In the final stage of flowering, when the flower reaches the moment of greater floridness and luxuriousness): From here, then, comes the figurative sense of luxurious, full of vigor (even today, on the other hand, we use expressions like being in the flower of the years, of Youth, beauty, etc). With regard to the last names in question, therefore, these are the cognominizations of the personal name of the parent, even if in some cases is not excluded a derivation from nicknames attributed to them. Integrations provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Sicilian surname derived from the verb ' spampanarsi ' (said of the flowers, especially of the roses) = enlarge a lot of the petals and stand to fall. The surname in question means ' browsed ' but also, writes Rohlfs 179, ' disproportionate '.
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