Where does “Bonapartist” come from?
Bonapartist derives from English Bonaparte plus the Latin suffix -ista, from Latin bonus meaning good and pars meaning part, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European perh₃- meaning to grant or allot.
Bonapartist (English): One attached to the policy or family of Napoleon...
Definitions
- One attached to the policy or family of Napoleon...
Ancestry of “Bonapartist”, step by step
Bonapartist traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
via English Bonaparte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bonaparte | A Corsican surname, most notably borne by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) |
| 2 | Italian | buono | good; fair; coupon, voucher |
| 3 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 4 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |
via French bonapartiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bonapartiste | Bonapartist |
| 2 | French | -iste | -ist; -istic |