Associations to the word «Eponym»

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

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Winston Churchill