📚 Patronymic, noun. 🔉 /patrəˈnɪmɪk/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: A name derived from the name of a father or ancestor, e.g. Johnson, O'Brien, Ivanovich. ❗️ Examples: 1. A patronymic derived from the name of their original lordship. 2. Adult acquaintances and casual friends usually talk to each other using the first name combined with the patronymic. 3. Thus, everyone has a patronymic, or father's name. 4. They were always smart and neatly dressed, and always called each other - in public - by their first name and patronymic. 5. It is interesting that their usual surnames are all patronymics or matronymics, rather than the locatives that would be more likely were any of the four from immigrant families. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic