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mat⋅ro⋅nym⋅ic

[ma-truh-nim-ik]
–adjective
metronymic.

me⋅tro⋅nym⋅ic

[mee-truh-nim-ik, me-]
–adjective
1. derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.
–noun
2. a metronymic name.


Origin:
1865–70; < Gk mētrōnymikós named after one's mother
mat·ro·nym·ic   (māt'rə-nĭm'ĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or derived from the name of one's mother or maternal ancestor.
n.  A name so derived.

[Greek mātrōnumikos, dialectal variant of mētrōnumikos : mētēr, mētr-, mother; see metro- + onuma, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]

Matronymic

Mat`ro*nym"ic\, n. [L. mater mother + -nymic, as in patronimic.] See Metronymic.
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