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What is an eponym?

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What is an eponym?

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An eponym is a person’s name on which a common noun is based, for example “nicotine” was named after Jean Nicot (1530-1600), who purportedly introduced tobacco to France. Another way of saying the same thing is that “nicotine” is a commonization of “Nicot” plus the suffix -ine.