different between patronymic vs namesake

English

Alternative forms

• patronymick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (pat?r, “father”) + ????? (ónuma, “name”) (a variant form of ????? (ónoma, “name”)). Also patronym +? -ic, from patri- +? -onym

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæt???n?m?k/

Adjective

patronymic (not comparable)

1. Derived from one's father.
2. (by extension) Derived from one's ancestors.

   a patronymic denomination

Translations

Noun

patronymic (plural patronymics)

1. A name acquired from one's father.
2. (by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.

Usage notes

A patronymic is often formed by adding a prefix or suffix to a name.

Synonyms

• patronym

Coordinate terms

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See also

References

• patronymic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• aptronymic, importancy, pyromantic

English

Etymology

name +? sake. From the phrase "(one's) name's sake"; first recorded in the mid-seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?m?s?k, IPA^(key): /?ne?mse?k/

Noun

namesake (plural namesakes)

1. (originally) One who is named after another or for whom another is named.

   Synonym: eponym
2. (by extension) A ship or a building that is named after someone or something.
3. A person with the same name as another.

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Verb

namesake (third-person singular simple present namesakes, present participle namesaking, simple past and past participle namesaked)

1. (transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.