• adj. 表示母系的
• n. 表示母系

來自希臘語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。

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).