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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread a person named after a thing/place #101285 04/21/2003 8:27 PM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 67 anchita journeyman anchita journeyman Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 67 What is the word for a person's name when that name has been derived from the name of a place/animal/thing? For example, one of the characters in the story "Hands" (by Sherwood Anderson) is named 'Wing'; the name having been given to him after the wing of a bird. In this case, is there a word to define what type of a name 'Wing' is (something-nym maybe)? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a person named after a thing/place #101286 04/22/2003 9:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The Romans used placenames as cognomen - e.g. Scipio Africanus, Marcius Coriolanus. I didn't know until a coupledays agothe latter was awared for Marcius' outstanding valor in capture of Corioli.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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