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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Dado m. A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Old Saxon dād, Old High German tāt, Gothic πŒ³πŒ΄πŒΈπƒ 'deed, act'.

France
Latin
● 629 Dado (nom) DCEL-2 CCXLVII; 1030 Datilus (nom) StVdM-II 712; c1030 Datilus (nom) ibid. 714; 1059 Datilus (nom) ibid. 687
Portugal
Latin
● 1189 Dadi (gen) PHGCRP-I no. 9
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Dado". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Dado.