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Definition of Matronymic
1. Noun. A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor.
Definition of Matronymic
1. n. See Metronymic.
Definition of Matronymic
1. Adjective. of, relating to, or derived from the given name of one's mother ¹
2. Noun. a surname acquired from one's mother's given name ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matronymic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matronymic
Literary usage of Matronymic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Etruscan Researches by Isaac Taylor (1874)
"The matronymic. We have seen that the paternal descent is in two instances omitted
... There is no true Latin matronymic, but in four cases the Etruscan ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"[< matron + -snip.] The office of matron of a hospital or other institution.
Lancet, No. 3422, p. 62 of Adv'ts. matronymic (mat-ro-nim'ik), a. and н. ..."
3. The Family: An Ethnographical and Historical Outline with Descriptive Notes by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1908)
"The tribe and clan with group marriage and matronymic descent existed before the
... The maternal (matronymic and matriarchal) system develops before the ..."
4. Introduction to the Study of Sociology by Edward Cary Hayes (1918)
"The matronymic family exists as long as the wife continues after marriage to be
a member of ... matronymic society is sometimes referred to as "matriarchal. ..."
5. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"... both of whom again are different from those permissible to their resulting
offspring, which belong to a third paedo-matronymic group. ..."
6. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"... both of whom again are different from those permissible to their resulting
offspring, which belong to a third paedo-matronymic group. ..."
7. Varronianus: A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Ethnography of by John William Donaldson (1860)
"This view is confirmed by the fact that clan sometimes occurs in the same
inscription with the matronymic in -al, as in the inscription quoted above; ..."
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