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Meanings of matronymic in English

Russian
матроним
Portuguese
matronímico
Catalan
matronímic
Spanish
matronímico

Personal name component related to the mother.

      матроним
      Portuguese
      matronímico
      Catalan
      matrònim
      Spanish
      patronímico femenino

      A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor.

            matronímico
            Synonyms
            Examples for "metronymic"
            Examples for "metronymic"
            1
            The Iroquois Indians, among whom Morgan lived, were a typical maternal or metronymic people.
            Sociology and Modern Social Problems
            2
            Among many tribes of the North American Indians this metronymic or maternal system was peculiarly well-developed.
            Sociology and Modern Social Problems
            3
            Strictly speaking, therefore, there has never been a matriarchal stage of social evolution, but rather a maternal or metronymic stage.
            Sociology and Modern Social Problems
            Usage of matronymic in English
            1
            Wherefore she has gotten her name in the good books of the sociological philosophers who uphold the matronymic theory touching early society.
            A Second Book of Operas
            Frequent collocations
            Translations for matronymic
            Portuguese
            matronímico
            Matronymic through the time