(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:51:09

Pa`tro*nom`a*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. , , a father + E. onomatology.]

That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.

 

© Webster 1913.

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