Anecdote

I must say that it is nice that Italians are not only known for pasta, pizza and swearing :) I have kind of an obsession for understanding the root of words, this might be because that was the only way that I actually started to enjoy and succeed in latin. Arduo means strenous, arduous, something severe, a better word could not be choosen, and adding -ino at the end of a word means small, so -one means big, I wonder whether it is because the technology of arduino is tiring but it is phisically small. Perfect match. Italians do have a knack for finding the perfect word for everything. But in reality the name was given after the local bar in Ivrea, North of Italy, "Bar di Re Arduino", where Massimo Banzi and David Cuartielles enjoyed their daily espressos.