Re: [tied] Spanish surnames

Menendez = Melendez = Mendez (I think Menendez is the real Spanish form;
Mendes is the Portuguese one)
Miguez = son of Miguel (*Miguelez)
Velasquez (Port. Vasques, Vaz) < Velasco (Port. Vasco)

Joao SL
Rio

----- Original Message -----
From: Omar Karamán <diogenes@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Spanish surnames


> Hi David and Jo~ao,
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> Some Spanish surnames to enlarge the list:
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> Méndez < Mendo
> Pérez < Pero, Pedro
> Martínez < Martín
> Iñíguez < Iñigo
> Peláez < Pelayo
> Antolínez < Antolín
> Bermúdez < Bermudo
> Míguez < ?
> Menéndez < ?
> Benítez < Benito
> Ramírez < Ramiro
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> Greetings,
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> Omar
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