eponym
English Edit
Etymology Edit
Back-formation from eponymous. See also -onym.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
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eponym (plural eponyms)
- A real or fictitious person or thing whose name has given rise to the name of a particular item.
- Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
- A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
- Synonym: namesake
- Rome is an eponym of Romulus.
- 2004, Bill Sherk, 500 Years of New Words, →ISBN:
- [Mesmer] lives on today as the root of the eponym mesmerize.
- 2015, Robert B. Taylor, What Every Medical Writer Needs to Know, →ISBN:
- For their dubious contribution to literature, Doctor Bowdler and Henrietta were recognized with the eponym bowdlerize[.]
- 2023 June 19, Rachel E. Gross, “Should Medicine Still Bother With Eponyms?”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- An eponym was once considered medicine’s highest honor. Like monuments to great generals, they paid tribute to medicine’s most brilliant minds, ensuring their names would live on in perpetuity.
- (loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.
- Synonym: toponym
- “Tangerine” is an eponym of Tangier.
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person's name that has given rise to the name of something
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word formed from a person’s name
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Swedish Edit
Noun Edit
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Nominative | eponym | eponymen | eponymer | eponymerna |
Genitive | eponyms | eponymens | eponymers | eponymernas |