[alfa] Brevetti

["John Hertzman" <johnhertzman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Elliott asks So, does that mean that the 
"BREVETTATO" (sp?) that I've seen on all kinds of unlrelated Alfa parts is a 
different form of "patented?"
I think probably so. I am not a linguist, but my 
Italian/English Cassells gives brevettare, v.t., to patent; brevetto, n.m., 
patent, diploma, license. My French/English Cassells similarly gives, for 
patent, brevet dinvention, along with a host of related forms. Even in the 
thicker American dictionaries brevet appears as an English word for a written 
authoritative or official message, although I dont recall meeting it in English 
except in some archaic military titles of ranks, probably circa the 
Revolution.
John H.
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