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      matronymic
      noun
      a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor
      Roots
      matermatr- · Latin · motheronomaonym- · Greek · nameikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to
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      The word matronymic breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Greek origin: matr, from Latin mater (“mother”); onym, from Greek onoma (“name”); and -ic, from Greek ikos (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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