eponymic

Meanings

• adjective

  Relating to or deriving a name, or the name itself, from a person or thing after which it is named.

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Variants

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eponym , eponymic , eponymous , eponyms

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Etymology

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From the Greek word 'eponymikos', meaning 'giving a name to a person or thing'.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that the term 'eponym' itself is an eponym? It comes from the Greek word 'eponymikos', which means 'giving a name to a person or thing'.

2. The term 'eponym' was first used in English in the late 16th century.

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1. toponym: A toponym is a type of eponym that refers to a place name. Toponyms can be derived from various sources, including geographical features, historical events, or people.

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Quotes

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1. Joseph Banks was surely the "eponym" of "eponyms". From Alaska to Indonesia, from Tierra del Fuego to Tasmania, there are capes, islands, straits, mountains, bays, points, channels, peninsulas, counties and towns named after him.

   - Pat Rogers,{it}Times Literary Supplement{/it},3–9 June 1988

2. Toadfishes burp the songs of their "eponyms"; one sort of toadfish is called the singing midshipman.

   - John Hersey,{it}Harper's{/it},May 1987

3. Almost from the onset of television, congressmen have realized the promotional potential of the carefully scripted hearing: the McCarthy and Kefauver hearings of the 1950s, which were among the first "televison events," made their "eponyms" famous.

   - Gregg Easterbrook,{it}Atlantic{/it},Dec. 1984

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Culture

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In literature and history, eponyms are often used to name places, institutions, and other things after their founders or discoverers. For example, the 'Canal Street' in New Orleans is named after the French military engineer, Baron Pierre Antoine de Montegut, Count of Canals.

How to Memorize "eponymic"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person giving a name to a new discovery or creation. Visualize the act of bestowing a name upon something new.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'eponym' with the idea of a name derived from a person or thing.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'EPNYM' to remember that eponyms are 'Names Derived From a Person or Thing'.

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