patronym
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of patronym
First recorded in 1825–35, patronym is from the Greek word patrṓnymos (adj.) patronymic. See patri-, -onym
Example Sentences
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Not her husband’s child — her husband is in America, working — but a child without a patronym, a child who represents not so much her own disgrace as some dark and profound disequilibrium that threatens everyone.
From New York Times
Etymology.—A patronym for the collector of the type specimens.
From Project Gutenberg
He rearranged the first two letters of “patronym” to produce a coinage for a name that is apt.
From New York Times
Only a few noble families, especially in the islands, took the Catalan patronym.
From Project Gutenberg
On the breaking out of the Revolutionary War the family divided, the Loyalists changing their patronym to Secord by placing the prefix "d" at the end of their name.
From Project Gutenberg
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