eponym

Back-formation from eponymous. See also -onym.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpənɪm/

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eponym (plural eponyms)

1. The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has given rise to the name of a particular item.

   Romulus is the eponym of Rome.

2. 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[.]

3. (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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• Category:English eponyms

• eponym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

eponym c

1. eponym