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eponymy
[uh-pon-uh-mee]
noun
the derivation of names from eponyms.
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As we have seen, eponymy in geography is very rare before the naming of America, and America remained an exception in being named after a commoner.
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This was during the "heyday" of medical eponymy - naming diseases after people - and many major diseases are now known for the person who discovered them.
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In the eponymy of Maḫdê, of the city of Nineveh, To....
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Like the idea of discovery itself, eponymy was soon carried over from geography into science.
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does eponymy mean?
Eponymy is the use of people’s names to create words.In other words, eponymy is the use of eponyms—words based on people’s names.The names of many places are eponyms. For example, the U.S. state of Pennsylvania is named after the father of the state’s founder, William Penn.Eponymy is common in medicine: the names of many diseases, procedures, and other things are eponyms. They are often based on the person who first described them or researched them. Examples of medical eponyms include Alzheimer’s disease (named for German neurologist Alois Alzheimer) and the Heimlich maneuver (named for U.S. physician H. J. Heimlich).Some eponyms are adjectives. Some are based on real people, such as Shakespearean, Freudian, and Kafkaesque, while others are based on imaginary characters, such as Faustian and quixotic.The word eponym can also refer to the person whom something is named after. Walt Disney is the eponym for The Walt Disney Company.The adjective eponymous is used to describe someone who has given their name to something or has had something named after them.Example: Many birders object to the use of eponymy in naming birds.
Eponymy is the use of people’s names to create words.In other words, eponymy is the use of eponyms—words based on people’s names.The names of many places are eponyms. For example, the U.S. state of Pennsylvania is named after the father of the state’s founder, William Penn.Eponymy is common in medicine: the names of many diseases, procedures, and other things are eponyms. They are often based on the person who first described them or researched them. Examples of medical eponyms include Alzheimer’s disease (named for German neurologist Alois Alzheimer) and the Heimlich maneuver (named for U.S. physician H. J. Heimlich).Some eponyms are adjectives. Some are based on real people, such as Shakespearean, Freudian, and Kafkaesque, while others are based on imaginary characters, such as Faustian and quixotic.The word eponym can also refer to the person whom something is named after. Walt Disney is the eponym for The Walt Disney Company.The adjective eponymous is used to describe someone who has given their name to something or has had something named after them.Example: Many birders object to the use of eponymy in naming birds.
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