patronymic
adjEtymology
From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) (a variant form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)). Also patronym + -ic, from patri- + -onym.
Definitions
Derived from one's father.
Derived from one's ancestors.
- a patronymic denomination
- I proposed to her that we give our first-born baby a patronymic name.
A name acquired from one's father.
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A name acquired from the first name of one's father, grandfather or earlier (male)…
A name acquired from the first name of one's father, grandfather or earlier (male) ancestor. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.
- The use of patronymics arose early in Russia, and they continue to be used down to the present day, through proper surnames came into use in the Middle Ages.
The neighborhood
- synonympatronym
- neighborfamily name
- neighborfirst name
- neighborgiven name
- neighborpapponymic
- neighborsurname
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at patronymic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at patronymic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at patronymic
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA