What is eponyms?

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What is eponyms?

Eponyms are words that are derived from the names of people or places. These words are created to honor or commemorate a person or place that is associated with a particular concept, invention, or discovery. Examples of eponyms include "sandwich" (named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich), "volt" (named after Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist), and "fahrenheit" (named after Gabriel Fahrenheit, a Polish-German physicist).