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Matronymic Moderate

Matronymic has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor

2

A surname or byname acquired from the given name of one's mother.

Adjective
1

Of, relating to, or derived from the given name of one's mother.

See Also
mother given name matronymics surname family name son first name byname
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
name
Rhyming Words
mic omic amic emic numic simic hemic samic comic demic nomic ohmic romic humic momic mimic ulmic osmic zymic domic
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