• ɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    It’s a name of Italian origin, shortened from a name such as Bernardino, Corradino. -ino is a diminutive suffix (Bernardino = little Bernard), so Dino is etymologically a twice-diminutive name.

    Doesn’t really meet the expectations set by dino-saur :D