Where does “D'Alessio” come from?

D'Alessio (Italian) comes from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Ancestry of “D'Alessio”, step by step

D'Alessio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianday; daytime; second-person singular imperative...
2Italiancircolazionetraffic
3Latincirculatiorevolution (circular course), circulation
4Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
5Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Italian Alessio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianAlessio
2LatinLissusA city of Illyricum, now Lezhë or Alessio
3Ancient GreekΛίσσοςLissus; Lezhë, Albania
4Ancient Greekλισσόςsmooth
5Ancient Greekλίςlion
6Ancient GreekΛέωνlion
7Ancient Greekλέωνlion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage

Words derived from “D'Alessio

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-