eponym

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English - Turkish
(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) eponim
{i} soyuna adını veren kimse
ismi bir aile
kavim
(Tıp) Hastalık, bulgu, organ, oluşum vs'ye onun üzerinde çalımış kimsenin adına dayanılarak verilen kişi ismi
şehir veya millete verilmiş olan kimse
{i} bir yere adını veren kimse
bu kimsenin ismi
English - English
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name

Alzheimer's disease, boycott, Columbia, stentorian, sandwich and Victorian are examples of eponyms.

A real or fictitious person that has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item

Romulus is the eponym of Rome.

A name that has become a word
A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual
The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc
the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople"
a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople
{i} person whose name is used as the name of a place or thing; medical name of a disease derived from a person's name; ancient official whose name was used to indicate the year he was in office
a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great
A word formed from a real or fictive person's name
took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes
The name of a real or fictitious person that has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item

Related Terms

proprietary eponym
A brand name or trademark of a successful product, that has come into general use to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, without the exclusive rights to said product being lost by the parent company. For example, kleenex is used to describe many types of facial tissue. Compare to genericized trademark
eponyms
plural of eponym
eponym

    Hyphenation

    ep·o·nym

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'e-p&-"nim ] (noun.) 1846. From Ancient Greek ἐπώνυμος (epōnumos) from ἐπί (epi, “upon”) + ὄνυμα (onuma), Aeolic variant of ὄνομα (onoma, “name”). See -onym.
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