different between byname vs matronymic

English

Alternative forms

• by-name

Etymology

From by- +? name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.

Noun

byname (plural bynames)

1. (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
2. (archaic, historical) A nickname.
3. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
4. (Germanic paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.

Synonyms

• cognomen
• sobriquet
• to-name

Hypernyms

• name

Translations

Verb

byname (third-person singular simple present bynames, present participle bynaming, simple past and past participle bynamed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to.

References

• byname at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• baymen

English

Etymology

From Latin m?ter (“mother”) +? -onym +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?mæt???n?m?k/

Adjective

matronymic (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or derived from the given name of one's mother.
2. By extension; of, relating to, or derived from the given name of a female ancestor.

Synonyms

• (from the given name of a mother): metronymic

Translations

Noun

matronymic (plural matronymics)

1. A surname or byname acquired from the given name of one's mother.
2. By extension, a surname or byname acquired from the given name from a female ancestor.

Synonyms

• (surname from a mother): matronym, metronym, metronymic

Coordinate terms

• patronym
• patronymic

Translations

See also

• family name
• first name
• given name
• surname