Where does “Antoinette” come from?
Antoinette is the English form of French Antoinette, derived from the diminutive suffix French -ette applied to Latin Antonius, itself from Ancient Greek Ἄντων.
Antoinette (English): best known for the ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette
Definitions
- best known for the ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette
Ancestry of “Antoinette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Antoinette | a feminine diminutive form of Antoine |
| 2 | French | -ette | female equivalent of -et |
| 3 | Latin | -itta | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | iszik | to drink |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |