Matronymic Definition

mătrə-nĭmĭk
adjective
Of or derived from the name of the mother or a female ancestor.
Webster's New World
noun
A matronymic name.
Webster's New World

A surname or byname acquired from the given name of one's mother's or from a female ancestor's given name.

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Other Word Forms of Matronymic

Noun

Singular:
matronymic
Plural:
matronymics

Origin of Matronymic

  • Greek mātrōnumikos dialectal variant of mētrōnumikos mētēr mētr- mother metro– onuma name nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin māter (“mother") + -nym +"Ž -ic

    From Wiktionary

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MMAMAT

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CICMIC

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