eponym
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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's name that 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[.]
- (loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.
- Synonym: toponym
- “Tangerine” is an eponym of Tangier.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person's name that has given rise to the name of something
word formed from a person’s name
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Further reading[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
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Declension[edit]
| Declension of eponym | ||||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | eponym | eponymen | eponymer | eponymerna |
| Genitive | eponyms | eponymens | eponymers | eponymernas |
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