Articles

All published articles.

• The Phonetic Evolution of the Name Sorio: From Georgius to Zorzo

  Linguistic analysis of the phonetic evolution that transformed Sanctus Georgius into the surname Sorio through the stages of the Venetian dialect.

• Sorio Toponomastics: The Places That Bear the Name

  A map of the place names linked to the name Sorio in the Veneto and beyond: from the hamlet of Gambellara to the Veronese Corte, from Monte Sorio to historic streets and districts.

• Sorio, Iorio, Orio: The Disguised Brother and the Look-Alike Stranger

  Three surnames that resemble each other, and a lesson in how to read kinship between names: Iorio, which looks less similar, shares Sorio's oldest root; Orio, which looks most similar, has nothing to do with it.

• There is another Sorio, far from here

  The story of a small Corsican village that bears the same name, and of a coincidence that is worth telling.