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The naming of a parent from his or her child. Another custom, here called teknonymy, or naming the parent from the child, prevails among more than thirty peoples. Athenæum, No. 3188, p. 740.

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347] The adoption of a child's name by the father (teknonymy) may be simply the expression of paternal pride, or possibly it is the expression of the father's protection or of his identification with the child. — Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV

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from teknonym-ous + -y.

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