patronymic
/ˌpætɹəˈnɪmɪk/pa-truh-NIH-mik
/ˌpætɹəˈnɪmɪk/pa-truh-NIH-mik
Meaningof the father's name
Common meaning: a name taken from a father or ancestor
- patrfatherLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1314 · scan
- onyma nameLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1056 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
‘father’ + ‘a name’ → patronymic
Journey through time
Hybrid: Latin + Greek Its parts come from different languages; the combined form first appears in our sources in Greek.
Parts join in Greek as patronymikos.
- Greekpatronymikos‘of the father's name’source
- Englishpatronymic‘a name taken from a father or ancestor’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pater ‘father’ and Greek ὄνομα (ὄνυμα) ‘a name’.
Roots
- pater, patris Latin “father”
- ὄνομα (ὄνυμα) Greek “a name”
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