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metronymic, a. and n.|miːtrəʊˈnɪmɪk|
[ad. Gr. µητρωνυµικ-ός, f. µητρ-, µήτηρ mother + ὄνυµα, ὄνοµα name. Cf. the earlier matronymic(al.]
a. adj. Derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor, esp. by addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent. Also said of such a suffix or prefix. (In recent Dicts.) Also applied to a people or state of society where such a system of naming prevails.
b. n. A metronymic name; a name derived from that of a mother or maternal ancestor.
1868Lightfoot Comm. Philippians (1873) 55 In not a few instances a metronymic takes the place of the usual patronymic. 1896F. H. Giddings Princ. Sociol. 158 In a metronymic group all relationships are traced through mothers; paternal relationships are ignored. 1903L. F. Ward Pure Sociol. 339 The metronymic family. 1904J. A. Nairn Herodas 9 It is noticeable that Gryllos has a metronymic, not a patronymic. 1944H. P. Fairchild Dict. Sociol. 192/2 Metronymic, deriving the personal or family name from the mother or other matrilineal relative. 1960C. Winick Dict. Anthropol. 521/2 System, metronymic, tracing kinship exclusively through the mother.
So metronymy |miːˈtrɒnɪmɪ|, the practice of using metronymics.
1891Sat. Rev. 31 Jan. 140/1 M. Reclus finds what he calls ‘metronymy’ in Egypt under the Ptolemies. ‘The newly-married man even dropped his own name to take that of his wife’. |