Associations to the word «Eponym»
Noun
- Poseidon
- Zeus
- Nymph
- Arcadia
- Genealogy
- Corinth
- Thrace
- Thebes
- Dictionary
- Argonaut
- Discoverer
- Athenian
- Mythology
- Canon
- Sparta
- Iliad
- Apollo
- Crete
- Hermes
- Ancestor
- Artemis
- Syndrome
- Odysseus
- Gilles
- Namesake
- Epithet
- Cult
- Mathematician
- Etymology
- Greek
- Athena
- Crater
- Tribe
- Founder
- Definition
- Orion
- Montgomery
- Troy
- Theorem
- Son
- Descendant
- Physicist
- Libya
- Myth
- Amazon
- Grandson
- Daughter
- Reign
- Clan
- Trademark
- Catalogue
- Din
- Tablet
- Royal
- Chronicle
- Footnote
- Patron
- Astronomer
- Croatia
- Disease
- Canada
- Physician
- Os
- Ruler
- Bore
- Bc
- Name
- Mammal
- Atlas
- Athens
- Surgeon
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
EPONYM, noun. The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.
EPONYM, noun. A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
Dictionary definition
EPONYM, noun. The person for whom something is named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople".
EPONYM, noun. The name derived from a person (real or imaginary); "Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.