| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pat·ro·nym·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p t r -n m k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of, relating to, or derived from the name of one's father or a paternal ancestor. | | NOUN: | A name so derived. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin patr nymicus, from Greek patrnumikos, from patrnumos, named after one's father : pat r, patr-, father + onuma, name; see n -men- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | patro·nymi·cal·ly —ADVERB
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