Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi and robert de niro are they all itailian what dose the DE stand for?

Question

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi and robert de niro are they all itailian what dose the DE stand for?

Answer 1

the de means "of". it was used as a way to see what family someone belonged to.

Answer 2

I believe that In the past it use to stand for a place of origin, like Helen of Troy, something along those lines, now we just incorporate it in the name.

Answer 3

de means the  

like ellen the generes

pportia the rossi

robert the niro

if u look up there last names in a italian translatore u should get a full sentence

Answer 4

paige is correct- it loosely means "of" or "from", like del in spanish or van in german

Answer 5

doesnt it mean of or something?

ellen of the grape vines?

lmao i dunno.

O_O o wow i was right xD

well dont i feel smarter than usual x)

Answer 6

Ellen DeGeneres's name is actually French.

In Italian, French and other romance languages, de/di/du/ etc. means "of" or "from."  in a name, that usually means from or of a certain place.