metronymic

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

noun
  1. a metronymic name.

Origin of metronymic

1
First recorded in 1865–70, metronymic is from the Greek word mētrōnymikós “named after one's mother”
  • Also mat·ro·nym·ic [ma-truh-nim-ik] /ˌmæ trəˈnɪm ɪk/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for metronymic

metronymic

less commonly matronymic

/ (ˌmɛtrəˈnɪmɪk) /


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

noun
  1. a metronymic name

Origin of metronymic

1
C19: from Greek mētronumikos, from mētēr mother + onoma name

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