Etymology

eponymic

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Today it means: Of or relating to an eponym. Full definition →

English eponym ← French éponyme ← Latin epōnymu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Hellenic*epí
  5. Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
  6. Ancient Greekὄνυμα (ónuma)
  7. Ancient Greekἐπώνυμος (epṓnumos)
  8. Latinepōnymu
  9. Frenchéponyme
  10. Englisheponym
  11. English todayeponymic

From eponym + -ic.

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