Females were identified with either the husband's name (gamonymic) or the son's name in patronymic construction or with a matronymic, same construction, thus leaving some doubt as to whether early Etruscan society was patrilinear.
Females were identified with either the husband's name (gamonymic) or the son's name in patronymic construction or with a matronymic, same construction. Sometimes males are identified with a matronymic, thus leaving some doubt as to whether early Etruscan society was patrilinear.