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Eponymy

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Eponomy is a word originating from someone's name.

Examples include:

  • quisling, from Major Vidkun Quisling
  • boycott, from Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott
  • shrapnel, from British General Henry S. Shrapnel
  • bloomer, from Miss Amelia Bloomer
  • derrick, from an English hangman of the 1600s named Derrick

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