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teknonymy

American  
[tek-non-uh-mee] / tɛkˈnɒn ə mi /

noun

  1. the practice among certain peoples of renaming a parent after a child.

Other Word Forms

  • teknonymous adjective
  • teknonymously adverb

Etymology

Origin of teknonymy

< Greek tékn ( on ) child + ónym ( a ) name + -y 3

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Teknonymy, tek-non′i-mi, n. the naming of the parent from the child.—adj.

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