eponym

Examples
Alzheimer's disease from Alois Alzheimer boycott from Charles Boycott Columbia from Christopher Columbus sandwich from Earl of Sandwich Victorian from Victoria

eponym (plural eponyms)

A real or fictitious person or thing whose name has given rise to the name of a particular item.

Romulus is the eponym of Rome.

A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name. synonym ▲quotations ▼Synonym: namesake

Rome is an eponym of Romulus.

(loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing. synonym ▲Synonym: toponym

“Tangerine” is an eponym of Tangier.

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