單詞
metronymic
英 [,metr??'n?m?k]
美[,mitr?'n?m?k]
基本信息
- adj. 表示母系的
- n. 表示母系
中文詞源
metronymic 母系的，母名的，跟母親姓的
來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)meter,母親，詞源同mother,-onym,名字，詞源同name,anonymous.即母親名字的，引申詞義母系的，跟母親姓的等。
英文詞源
- metronymic (adj.)
- "derived from the name of a mother or maternal ancestor," 1881, from Late Greek metronymikos "named for one's mother," from meter (genitive metros) "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + onyma (see name (n.)). Related: Metronymically (1822).
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