Italian Word For Grandfather
Nonno is the Italian word for grandfather. In Italian it is common to add suffixes to grandparent names. Uccio denotes smallness or affection and is sometimes added to nonno to create nonnuccio. Nonnino and nonnetto are also terms of endearment meaning “little grandfather.” Occasionally, nonnino will be shortened to nonni, but nonni is also the word for grandparents plural. Bisnonno is the Italian word for great-grandfather. Some who are not ethnically Italian have adopted Nonno as their own grandparent name because they like the way it sounds and because it is easy for grandchildren to say....