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metronymic
[ mee-truh-nim-ik, me- ]
adjective
- derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.
noun
- a metronymic name.
metronymic
/ ˌɛٰəˈɪɪ /
adjective
- (of a name) derived from the name of its bearer's mother or another female ancestor
noun
- a metronymic name
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Word History and Origins
Origin of metronymic1
First recorded in 1865–70, metronymic is from the Greek word ŧٰōԲ⳾ó “named after one's mother”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of metronymic1
C19: from Greek ŧٰDzԳܳDz, from ŧŧ mother + onoma name
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Her forehand was clean and metronymic, her backhand powerful and poised.
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Descent henceforth was reckoned in the paternal line, and society had become patronymic instead of metronymic.
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Strictly speaking, therefore, there has never been a matriarchal stage of social evolution, but rather a maternal or metronymic stage.
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The Iroquois Indians, among whom Morgan lived, were a typical maternal or metronymic people.
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Among many tribes of the North American Indians this metronymic or maternal system was peculiarly well-developed.
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