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Patronym

//ˈpætɹəʊnɪm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The name of someone's father.
  2. 2
    a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as ‘-son’ in English or ‘O'-’ in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) wordnet
  3. 3
    A patronymic surname.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”). Equivalent to patri- + -onym.

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