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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.

Ancestry of “Antonov”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BulgarianАнтонов—
2Russian-о́в—
3Old East Slavic-овъ—
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
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