eponym
(noun) the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); “Down’s syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down”
eponym
(noun) the person for whom something is named; “Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eponym (plural eponyms)
A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item.
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
Synonym: namesake
(loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.
Synonym: toponym
Source: Wiktionary
Ep"o*nym, Ep"o*nyme, n. Etym: [Cf. F. Ă©ponyme. See Eponymous.]
1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes.
2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
