Re:Arduino Announces New Brand, Genuino, Manufacturing Partn...
by zenojevski on Sunday May 17, 2015 @09:50AM
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"Genuino" is the actual Italian word for "genuine".
To Italians it sounds very good, and evokes images of a "handcrafted" brand.
arduino.cc has stated that they're not fans of spawn-offs with that suffix:
>Note that while we don't attempt to restrict uses of the "duino" suffix, its use causes the Italians on the team to cringe (apparently it sounds terrible); you might want to avoid it. (It's also trademarked by a Hungarian company.)
Source: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/FAQ