A name or word derived from a human name; a proper name that comes from a person's name or a deity's name.
From anthropo- (human) + -onym (name). The -onym suffix, from Greek onoma (name), creates words about names, as in 'synonym' or 'pseudonym.'
Many English words are anthroponyms: 'sandwich' comes from the Earl of Sandwich, 'cardigan' from the Earl of Cardigan. We name things after people constantly, then forget that's what we did.
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