Talk:Cupertino, California

Education NPOV

"The best high school in California" for Monta Vista High School -- someone needs to substantiate this.

Etymology and meaning of "Cupertino"

Hello Wikipedians! I am not an historian, nor a scholar, but I was born and still live in Copertino (Italy), from which Cupertino's name comes. Sorry for mistakes in writing, if any: my english is very bad.

The "Etymology" section reports. Although the meaning of Copertino is uncertain, it is likely a compound word meaning "little (covered) shelter." The -ino suffix in Italian words indicates "small" or "little", while coprire (past participle coperto) means "to cover"; coperto is derived from the Latin coopertus, which also means "covered shelter".

Well, as I said I'm not a scholar and the above reconstruction of the name origin makes sense even to an average Italian, but instead I know for common knowing what even some sources says, i.e. some people survived to some invasions by the Saracens and then they joined together, calling themselves "Conventino" from the Latin word "conventio", which both means "meeting" or "agreement". The "-ino" suffix is right as explained, so the name should be translated literally as "small meeting [of different people]", meaning "meeting of few people".

From that name, in next centuries, the name evolved from "Conventino" to "Convertino" (changing N to R), "Conertino" (dropping the v), "Cupertino" (from which the name of the Californian city) and finally to the actual name "Copertino".

Please note even that Copertino's coats of arms reports a "C" and a "P" inside of it, that should state for the Latin "Conventio Populorum", i.e. exactly what I wrote above.

So, I think that the Etymology section has to be revised, but I can't by myself because of my horrific english. Again, sorry for mistakes in writing, if any.--Magooz85 (talk) 14:45, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

References

 Not done This appears to be original research; do you have a more reliable source relating this to the specific city in California? Spencer^T•C 00:42, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

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