单词 | metronymic |
释义 | metronymic (once / 787955 pages) n WORD FAMILY metronymic USAGE EXAMPLESDescent henceforth was reckoned in the paternal line, and society had become patronymic instead of metronymic. Rowe, Henry Kalloch, Society—Its Origin and Development(2010) Among many tribes of the North American Indians this metronymic or maternal system was peculiarly well-developed. Ellwood, Charles A. (Charles Abram), Sociology and Modern Social Problem...(2010) The Iroquois Indians, among whom Morgan lived, were a typical maternal or metronymic people. Ellwood, Charles A. (Charles Abram), Sociology and Modern Social Problem...(2010) n a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor Syn|Hyper matronymic name a language unit by which a person or thing is known |
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