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metronymic

[ mee-truh-nim-ik, me- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

metronymic

/ ˌmɛtrəˈnɪmɪk /

(of a name) derived from the name of its bearer's mother or another female ancestor

First recorded in 1865–70, metronymic is from the Greek word mētrōnymikós “named after one's mother”

C19: from Greek mētronumikos, from mētēr mother + onoma name

Descent henceforth was reckoned in the paternal line, and society had become patronymic instead of metronymic.

Metronymic, met-ro-nim′ik, adj. derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor.

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