patronymic
(adjective) of or derived from a personal or family name
patronymic, patronym
(noun) 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)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
patronymic (not comparable)
Derived from one's father.
(by extension) Derived from one's ancestors.
patronymic (plural patronymics)
A name acquired from one's father.
(by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.
A patronymic is often formed by adding a prefix or suffix to a name.
• patronym
• matronym
• matronymic
• metronym
• metronymic
• teknonym
• teknonymic
• aptronymic, importancy, pyromantic
Source: Wiktionary
Pa`tro*nym"ic, a. Etym: [L. patronymicus, Gr. patronymique.]
Definition: Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
Pa`tro*nym"ic, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name. M. A. Lower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
