abbrev.                        abbreviativo, abbreviazione

a. C.                            avanti Cristo

ar.                               arabo

attestai.                      attestazione

biz.                              bizantino

calabr.                         calabrese

camp.                          campano

catal.                          catalano

cfr.                              confronta

dialett.                        dialettale (di Paternò)

diz.                             dizionario

d. C.                            dopo Cristo

ebr.                             ebraico

encicl.                         enciclopedia, enciclopedico

es.                              esempio

femm.                         femminile

franc.                          francese

germ.                          germanico

gr.                               greco

ibid.                            ibidem (nello stesso luogo)

id.                               idem (lo stesso)

improbab.                   improbabile, improbabilmente

ingl.                            inglese

ital.                             italiano

lat.                              latino

lomb.                          lombardo

longob.                       longobardo

masch.                        maschile

mediev.                       medievale

merid.                         meridionale

mod.                           moderno

mons.                          monsignore

neogr.                         neogreco

occident.                      occidentale

orient.                         orientale

partic.                         particolarmente

pers.                            personaggio

plur.                            plurale

pop.                            popolare, popolaresco

portogh.                      portoghese

probab.                       probabile, probabilmente

provenz.                      provenzale

pugl.                           pugliese

S.                                Santo/a

sac.                             sacerdote

scientif.                       scientifico

sec.                             secolo

settentr.                     settentrionale

sicil.                            siciliano

sing.                            singolare

spagn.                         spagnolo

spec.                           specialmente

S. U. d'A.                     Stati Uniti d'America

ted.                             tedesco

topon.                         toponimo, toponomastica

tosc.                            toscano

ven.                            Veneto