Etymology of the English word eponym
the English word eponym
derived from the English word eponymous
derived from the Greek word eponumos, ἐπώνυμος
derived from the Byzantine Greek word epi, ἐπί (upon; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case); over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.)
