Definition of Patronymic. Meaning of Patronymic. Synonyms of Patronymic

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Definition of Patronymic

Patronymic
Patronymic Pa`tro*nym"ic, a. [L. patronymicus, Gr. ?; ? father + ? name: cf. F. patronymique.] Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.

Meaning of Patronymic from wikipedia

- A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor...
- A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing...
- Sall is the surname of the Lam Toro dynasty (King of Toro) of Senegal in the 15th century. Moustapha Bayal Sall (born 1985), Senegalese football central...
- A patronymic or patronym is a component of a personal name based on the given name of a male ancestor. Patronymic may also refer to: Patronymic suffix...
- traditional way of identifying a person's family name, given name, and patronymic name in East Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part...
- first portion of the surname as a patronymic, normally a Spanish patronymic or more unusually a Basque patronymic, followed by the preposition "de",...
- Fitz (pronounced "fits") was a patronymic indicator used in Anglo-Norman England to help distinguish individuals by identifying their immediate predecessors...
- married. Some cultures, including Western ones, also add (or once added) patronymics or matronymics, for instance as a middle name as with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...
- Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, {{Slovakian language]]: Pavol, Ukrainian: Павло...
- most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the...