metronymic
英 [,metrəʊ'nɪmɪk]
美[,mitrə'nɪmɪk]
- adj. 表示母系的
- n. 表示母系
中文词源
metronymic 母系的，母名的，跟母亲姓的
来自希腊语meter,母亲，词源同mother,-onym,名字，词源同name,anonymous.即母亲名字的，引申词义母系的，跟母亲姓的等。
英文词源
- metronymic (adj.)
- "derived from the name of a mother or maternal ancestor," 1881, from Late Greek metronymikos "named for one's mother," from meter (genitive metros) "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + onyma (see name (n.)). Related: Metronymically (1822).