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lanio

Lanio and the related noun lanius both mean butcher in Latin; lanionis after a man's name means he was a butcher.

Lanio and lanius both mean butcher. Lanio is also a Latin verb meaning to tear to pieces, which fits the trade. Registers also use other words for the same trade, such as carnarius, so do not expect one family to be described the same way every time.

The genitive lanionis shows up when the father's trade follows his name in a baptism or marriage entry.

As seen in a recordLatin baptism register, Bohemia, 1750s
Thomas, filius Petri Fleischer, lanionis, et Mariae uxoris
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Daily Ancestor. "lanio." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/latin/lanio. Last checked 2026-10-10.

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