metronymy
noun
me·tron·y·my
mə‧ˈtränəmē
plural -es
: the custom of using matronymics
Word History
Etymology
back-formation from metronymic
- the rest of the world
- the Restoration
- the Resurrection
- the retail price index
- the reverse
- the reverse is true
- the rich
- the Richter scale
- the Right
- the right of first refusal
- the right stuff
- the Riviera
- the rockies
- the Roman alphabet
- the ropes
- the Rosary
- the rot sets in
- the rough
- the rout was on
- the royal treatment
- the royal we
- the rub
- the Rubicon
- the ruble
- the ruck