Patronym

nounid 110600·updated May 18, 2026

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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)

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per-axis with provenance

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Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: patronymic
plural: Patronyms
possessive: Patronym's
pluralpossessive: Patronyms'

Framework definitions

1 sense across 1 framework

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§1: 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)

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