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The Origin & Evolution Of The Word Llanito

This would be the how the word Llanito came about:

ZANNI ('zanni)
(a common Genoese name, Italian equivalent would be Gianni)

ZANNI + ITO (zan'nito)
(+ito is a Spanish diminutive suffix)

LLANITO (ʒa'nito)
(the z sound fricatised into ll)
  
REFERENCE
Levey, D. (2008). Language change and variation in Gibraltar. Amsterdam, John Benjamins Publishing Co.