Same Name: Did You Know That These Words Come From Names? -News

A fascinating quirk of any language is the way proper names sneak into our vocabulary as homonyms-when a person's name becomes the name of a place, a nation, an era, or an institution, sometimes even just a concept.

Eponym comes from the Greek eponymos, "as a name, to give a name to something". Therefore, the continents of North and South America as we know them are named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512). He sailed to the New World for the first time and recognized his name on the map, even though Christopher Columbus defeated him in 1492 (Spain recognized this feat by naming their main colony Colombia). Similarly, Washington, DC, the capital of the United States, was never the residence of the first president of the same name, George Washington, but was named in tribute to him. When you talk about the Victorian era, you are referring to the Victorian era of the monarch of the same name. The Modi government is led by the prime minister of the same name, Narendra Modi; Obamacare is a health insurance plan, so it is named after its president of the same name, Barack Obama; Thatcherism is An economic philosophy of laissez-faire capitalism, named after its sharp advocate, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Margaret Thatcher). These are all with the same name.

Place names are not only used to refer to politics. Tudor architecture refers to the style that was popular during the reign of the British dynasty of the same name, as well as the Georgian Square of King George III of the same name. The diamond pattern called the diamond check is used on sweaters and socks and is named after the Duke of Argyll. "Those quarreling Edwardian young people" implies that these young people lived in the time of King Edward VII, the first post-Victorian monarch in Britain. The bowler hat was invented by the eponymous William Bowler (William Bowler), the bowler hat that those people wore when arguing. Queen Anne's furniture alludes to the British monarch of the same name in the early 18th century.

Many words are so commonly used that we don't even realize that they have the same name. If you go crazy, you will live up to the name of the legendary 8th century Nordic hero, Berserk, who fought with reckless anger. One year after the United States began testing the atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a thin women's swimsuit became popular, called a "bikini" because it allegedly had an explosive effect on men. The word "Bogus" originated from the mispronunciation of the name of a distorted counterfeit named Borghese in the United States in the mid-19th century, who spread fake US dollar bills. A child born through a Caesarean section reminds us of the first such case of being born by cutting the uterus, namely, Caesar the Great in 100 BC.

Common household products often unknowingly mention the creator of the same name. "I'll Hoover it up" comes from the inventor of the vacuum cleaner named after him; the name "I need to fill up some diesel" comes from the German Rudolf Diesel of the same name, who invented this fuel; Let’s take the kids to ride the Ferris wheel.” Thanks to the engineer of the same name, he first came up with this huge device that allows the sitting person to spin around for fun. If you want to jump into the jacuzzi, you are dumping your hats (or taking off your clothes) on a pair of Italian brothers of the same name, you guessed it, the jacuzzi. If you wear a catsuit, you are commemorating a French fashion designer of the same name, Jacques Leotard. If you eat a sandwich, you are paying tribute to the die-hard gambler of the same name, the Earl of Sandwich, who invented snacks for him so that he does not have to interrupt his card game to eat. When I visited Sudan in the late 1970s, I often heard people say "I will pick you up at my Tata" without realizing the Indian car manufacturer of the same name.

A man who "boycotted" the entire English-speaking world, but knew nothing about the boycott captain of the same name. He was a British land broker in Ireland. He expelled poor tenant farmers who could not pay the rent and were rejected by all Irish neighbors and turned out to be servants. I still have many examples to share.

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