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eponym
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[ˈɛpənɪm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named
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Origin
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mid 19th century: from Greek epōnumos ‘given as a name, giving one's name to someone or something’, from epi ‘upon’ + onoma ‘name’
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