Eponymous
/ɪˈpɒn.ɪ.məs/noun
Giving its name to a person, place, period, or thing, or being named after one.
Did you know?In ancient Athens, the year was identified by its chief archon—the “eponymous archon”—whose name became the official label for that year.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁nōmn̥
“Name; a identifying designation”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἐπώνυμος (epōnumos)
“Named after someone or something; bearing a name”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων (epōnumos archōn)
“The magistrate whose name identified the official year in Athens”
Late Antiquity
Latin
eponymus
“Giving one’s name to something; named after someone”
17th Century
English
eponymous
“Giving a name to something, or named after a person”
Modern English
English
eponymous
“Providing or receiving the name by which something is known”