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Where does “πατρονυμικόν” come from?

πατρονυμικόν (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πατρονυμικός, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

πατρονυμικόν (Ancient Greek): patronym

Definitions

  1. patronym

Ancestry of “πατρονυμικόν”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπατρονυμικόςpatronymic
2Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
3Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “πατρονυμικόν”

  • Patronym
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