- Scapin
"For the French play by Moliere, also known as Scapin, see
Les Fourberies de Scapin "Scapin is an Italian
surname , frequent in the region ofVeneto in northeastern Italy, especially in the provinces ofPadua andVicenza . The name is possibly derived from "scabinos", a MedievalLatin adaptation ofFrankish "Skabins", found in Lombardic legislation designating a category of minor government officials forming a corps qualified in legal proceedings. An alternateetymology is that it would be derived from "scappino", dialectal Italian for the upper part of footwear. Still another possibility is that it comes from the word for "flee" or "escape." Found throughout the region since the1500s , with several variants, such as Scapinello (provinces ofTreviso andUdine ), Scapinelli (provinces ofModena andBologna ), Scabin (most concentrated in the province ofRovigo ), Scappin (province ofTreviso ) and Scappini (provinces ofVerona and Firenze). The surname Scapin is currently present in 284 Italian cities.External links
* [http://www.scapin.org/genealogy.htm Rafael Scapin´s Genealogy Page]
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