Metronymic

[,metrә'nimik]

(a.) Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation.

多拉編輯

adj. derived from the name of one's mother or other female ancestor.—n. an appellation so derived; cf. Patronymic.

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