Where does “Antonov” come from?

Antonov is a Russian surname derived from Antón, a Russian given name based on the Latin praenomen Antonius, of uncertain ultimate origin.

Antonov (English): Any of the Russian or Ukrainian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau, typically large cargo planes

Definitions

  1. Any of the Russian or Ukrainian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau, typically large cargo planes

Ancestry of “Antonov”, step by step

Antonov traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian Антонов

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BulgarianАнтонов—
2Russian-о́вGenitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
3Old East Slavic-овъ—
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

via Russian Анто́нов

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianАнто́новAnton's, Anthony's
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Old East Slavic -овъ →