eponym

英 ['epənɪm] 美 ['ɛpənɪm]
  • n. 名字被用于命名地方的人,齐名的人
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eponym 名祖(用姓名,名称命名地方,发现,发明等)

epi-, 在上,在中。-onym, 名字,词源同name, anonymous.

eponym (n.)
one whose name becomes that of a place, a people, an era, an institution, etc., 1833, from Greek eponymos "given as a name, giving one's name to something," as a plural noun (short for eponymoi heroes) denoting founders (legendary or real) of tribes, cities, etc.; from comb. form of epi "upon, (called) after," (see epi-) + onyma, Aeolic dialectal variant of onoma "name" (see name (n.)).
1. Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician john down.
唐氏综合症是用英国医生约翰·唐(JohnDown)的名字命名的.

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2. Constantine I is the eponym for constantinople.
君士坦丁堡(constantinople)得名于康斯坦丁一世(ConstantineI).

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