Editing Patronymic (section)

==Origins of terms==
The usual noun and adjective in English is ''patronymic'', but as a noun this exists in [[free variation]] alongside ''patronym''.{{Efn|The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' records the corresponding ''metronymic'' and ''metronym'', alongside ''matronymic'' but not, however, ''matronym''.}} The first part of the word ''patronym'' comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] πατήρ ''patēr'' '[[father]]' (<small>[[Genitive case|GEN]]</small> πατρός ''patros'' whence the [[combining form]] πατρο- ''patro''-);<ref>{{LSJ|path/r|πατήρ|ref}}.</ref> the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα ''onyma'', a variant form of ὄνομα ''onoma'' 'name'.<ref>{{LSJ|o)/noma|ὄνομα|shortref}}.</ref> In the form ''patronymic'', this stands with the addition of the suffix [[wikt:-ικός|-ικός]] (''-ikos''), which was originally used to form adjectives with the sense 'pertaining to' (thus 'pertaining to the father's name'). These forms are attested in [[Hellenistic Greek]] as πατρώνυμος (''patrōnymos'') and πατρωνυμικός (''patrōnymikos'').<ref>{{LSJ|patrw/numos|πατρώνυμος}}, {{LSJ|patrwnumiko/s|πατρωνυμικός|shortref}}.</ref> The form ''patronym'', first attested in English in 1834, was borrowed into English from French ''patronyme'', which had previously borrowed the word directly from Greek. ''Patronymic'', first attested in English in 1612, has a more complex history. Both Greek words had entered Latin, and, from Latin, French. The English form ''patronymic'' was borrowed through the mutual influence of French and Latin on English.<ref>"patronym, n."; "patronymic, n. and adj.", ''OED Online'' (3rd edition). March 2018. Oxford University Press.</ref>