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List of eponyms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from "eponymous", from the Greek "eponymos" meaning "giving name". Here is a list of e...
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Eponym - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named. One who is referred to as eponym...
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Many common words in English derive from people's names. EPONYM refers to the name of a person that has become so closely associated with a particular object or attribute, that the name now stands for the object or attribute itself. ... Other noteworthy eponyms include the following:
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Most eponyms originate from a person's surname: boycott, for instance, from the Irish landlord Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott; dahlia, from the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl; the sousaphone, from the American bandmaster John Philip Sousa;
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Well, this site presents my personal collection of eponyms. To see the words, please visit "The List" below. If you know of any eponyms not yet on the list, please contribute them! Mi casa es tu casa.
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There are many different types of eponyms, especially in scientific fields. Theories, laws, equations, proofs, and elements often have their eponyms in the people that first discovered or proved them. ... Proprietary eponyms are another matter entirely. These are general words that are, or were at one time,
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An eponym is a general term used to describe from what or whom something derived its name. Therefore, a proprietary eponym could be considered a brand name (trademark or service mark) which ... Editor's Note: Xerox is one of the few proprietary eponyms that appears as readily in verb form as in any other parts of speech.
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