Eponym

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An Eponym is a new common word that is based on a proper name.



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2017

  • (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym Retrieved:2017-7-16.
    • An eponym is a person, place, or thing for whom or for which something is named, or believed to be named.[1] For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era.

      The adjectives derived from eponym, which include eponymous and eponymic, [2] similarly refer to being the person or thing after whom something is named, as "the eponymous founder of the Ford Motor Company" refers to Henry Ford.[3] [4] Recent usage, especially in the recorded-music industry, also allows eponymous to mean "named after its central character or creator".

  1. "eponym". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. "eponym". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. "eponymous". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. "eponymous". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

2005