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单词 metronymic
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metronymicn.adj.

Brit. /ˌmɛtrəˈnɪmɪk/, /ˌmiːtrəˈnɪmɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛtrəˈnɪmɪk/, /ˌmitrəˈnɪmɪk/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymon: matronymic n.
Etymology: Alteration of matronymic n., either after rare Hellenistic Greek μητρωνυμικόν, use as noun of neuter singular of (otherwise unattested) adjective μητρωνυμικός, or after its etymons ancient Greek μητρ-, μήτηρ mother n.1 and -ωνυμικός -onymic comb. form. Compare French métronymique (1898). N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (mītroni·mik) /miːtrəʊˈnɪmɪk/.
A. n.
A personal or family name derived from that of a mother or other female ancestor; = matronymic n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific types or forms of
lowa1387
primitive1838
pre-revolution1860
metronymic1868
pre-feudal1870
prelogical1880
polyzoic1886
pre-agricultural1898
pre-civil1902
pre-feudalic1907
subcultural1909
protocultural1920
pre-independencea1922
apparented1934
sensate1937
patrimonial1946
non-literate1948
inner-directed1950
underground1953
pop-cultural1963
technopolitan1965
the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > surname > matronymic
matronymic1794
metronymic1868
metronym1904
1868 J. B. Lightfoot Epist. Philippians (1873) 55 In not a few instances a metronymic takes the place of the usual patronymic.
1904 J. A. Nairn Herodas 9 It is noticeable that Gryllos has a metronymic, not a patronymic.
1978 Norfolk Archaeol. 27 67 A metronymic derived from the Greco-Latin Ismena.
B. adj.
Chiefly Sociology = matrilineal adj.; spec. designating a name derived from a mother or female ancestor. Cf. matronymic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adjective] > relating to a surname > matronymic
matronymic1874
tecnonymous1888
metronymic1896
1896 F. H. Giddings Princ. Sociol. 158 In a metronymic group all relationships are traced through mothers; paternal relationships are ignored.
1902 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 17 85 The children remain with the mother group, and thus arises the metronymic system of kinship and the metronymic clan.
1918 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 24 8 The path of development towards a civil organization of society..has lain in the transition from the loosely knit, even segregative, metronymic group to the more compact and more powerful patronymic group.
1928 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 38 483 The principal thesis of the book is that the Hebrew family originally was metronymic and later became patronymic.
1944 H. P. Fairchild Dict. Sociol. 192/2 Metronymic, deriving the personal or family name from the mother or other matrilineal relative.
1960 C. Winick Dict. Anthropol. 521/2 System, metronymic, tracing kinship exclusively through the mother.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1868
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