Piccio Explained

Piccio
Pronunciation:	pronounced as //ˈpitːʃo//
Language:	Italian
Language origin:	Portuguese
Origin:	Figo
Meaning:	Fig
Region:	Ottoman Empire,^[1] ^[2] Republic of Venice^[3] ^[4]

The Piccio family is a family of Portuguese Jewish origin. It has established branches in Italy,^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} the Philippines and Turkey.^{[1] [2]} Members also reside in fewer numbers in other countries.^{[9] [10]}

The current form of the family’s name is an Italianized standardization by notaries in Rome of pronounced as //ˈpiɟu//,^{[1] [2]} which in turn was a Turkified rendering of the original Portuguese Figo (pronounced as //ˈfiɣu//).^{[1] [5]}

Members

Notable members include:

• Azaria Piccio, Venetian rabbi;
• Carlo Piccio, Philippine swimmer;
• Gino Piccio, Italian priest;
• Giuseppe Piccio, Italian literary critic;
• Mosè Piccio, Ottoman rabbi and lexicographer;
• Mordekay Piccio, Israeli paramilitary;
• Pier Ruggero Piccio, Italian World War I general and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force;
• Vicente Piccio, Jr., Philippine major general, Air Force Chief, and former Mayor.

Notes and References

1. Gottheil, R. & Elbogen, I. (1906). Pigo. In Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk and Wagnalls.
2. Kiron, A., & Jerchower, S. (2003). The meaning of words: Marcus Jastrow and the making of rabbinic dictionaries. Judaica Online Exhibitions. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania.
3. Bonfil, R. (2016, September 10). Venice: A symbol of Jewish history. Printed Matter. Retrieved from http://www.primolevicenter.org/printed-matter/venice-a-symbol-of-jewish-history/.
4. http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/Venezia.html Surnames of the Jews in Venezia.
5. Stow, K. (1995). The Jews in Rome (Vol. 1). Leiden: Brill.
6. Kessin, Zachary. (Ed.) Table of names. Names of Jews in Rome in the 1550s. Accessed December 1, 2006.
7. http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/Roma.html Surnames of the Jews in Rome.
8. Rottenberg, D. (1986). Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company.
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606010113/http://www.cairomontenotte.org/america/argentina/agnelli/1882-apellidos.html Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1882)
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213112803/http://www.cairomontenotte.org/america/argentina/agnelli/1899-apellidos.html Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1899)