patronymic (adj.)

  1. of or derived from a personal or family name

    patronymic (n.)

  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)

    [ Syn: patronym ]

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