Where does “Bonaparte” come from?

Bonaparte (English) comes from Italian buono, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Bonaparte (English): A Corsican surname, most notably borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Definitions

  1. A Corsican surname, most notably borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Ancestry of “Bonaparte”, step by step

Bonaparte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian buono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbuonogood; fair; coupon, voucher
2Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
3Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
4Proto-Italicdwenosgood
5Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via Italian parte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpartepart; deal; feminine plural of parto
2Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “Bonaparte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew- →Every word from Proto-Italic dwenos →Every word from Old Latin duenos →