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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from a compound of pane ‘bread’ + pinto generally meaning ‘painted’, ‘flecked’ (i.e. ‘mouldy’?), or possibly ‘bad’ (like Calabrian pintu), hence a derogatory nickname for a baker.

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