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单词 metronymic
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
me•tro•nym•ic  (mē′trə nimik, me′-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Anthropologyderived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.

n. 
  1. Anthropologya metronymic name.
Also, matronymic. 
  • Greek mētrōnymikós named after one's mother
  • 1865–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
metronymic /ˌmɛtrəˈnɪmɪk/, (less commonly)matronymic adj
  1. (of a name) derived from the name of its bearer's mother or another female ancestor
n
  1. a metronymic name
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek mētronumikos, from mētēr mother + onoma name
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