Relating to or of the nature of an eponym; based on or derived from a person's name.
From 'eponym' + '-ic' (adjective-forming suffix). An 18th-century learned term used in scholarly discussions of naming practices and linguistic etymology.
When linguists call something 'eponymic,' they're flagging that this word came from a real person—'sandwich' is eponymic from the Earl, and recognizing these shows how history is literally baked into the words we use every day.
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