Calepio

Italian it:Castelli Calepio Etymology Attested as early as 768 as it castro it Caleppio. Likely from a rare Roman personal name, it la Calepius, la Callepius. The origin of that name is uncertain; possibly from a word derived from it ine-pro *kal- hard.Coşkun Altay 2020 “Cover Names” and Nomenclature in Late Roman Gaul: The Evidence of the Bordelaise Poet Ausonius ZAT Universität Trier https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/forschung/projekte/ZAT/CEL/cover.pdf 28–29 https://web.archive.org/web/20260419081414/https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/forschung/projekte/ZAT/CEL/cover.pdf 19 April 2026 This could have been through a it cel - language such as it cel-gau -: in Gaulish there is cel-gau epos cel-gau callion colt's hoof, from it cel-pro *kaletos *kalio-, explored by Pokorny and connected to cu калити to harden, cool, sa कलिका bud, etc. callum 84 Proper noun m it frazione p/Bergamo r/Lombardy c/Italy Related terms it calepino References