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エポニム
1. [n]
▶ eponym (word formed from the name of a person)



History:
3. A 2020-11-17 03:28:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2020-11-16 23:24:14  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs: 人名に由来する名称。カーディガンやワット、ドップラー効果などの類。[補説]本来は名祖 (なおや) (民族や土地などの名の起こりとなった人)の意。
  Comments:
Just noting (for future editors) that the bracketed definition is necessary here as "eponym" originally/usually refers to the person after whom something is named.
Not adj-no.
  Diff:
@@ -9,2 +9 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<gloss>eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)</gloss>
+<gloss>eponym (word formed from the name of a person)</gloss>
1. A 2006-10-03 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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