单词 | protonym |
释义 | protonymn. Now rare. The first person or thing of a certain name; something from which another person or thing takes its name. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] > namesake one with same name > person or thing after whom or which one is named name-father1679 name-sire1801 name-saint1868 protonym1880 name-mamma1893 1880 Scribner's Monthly Mar. 667/2 The wrecked canal-boat, the Evening Star,..quenched in the twilight, with its heavenly protonym palpitating in the vapor above it. 1882 Daily News 26 June 5/2 Faugh-a-Ballagh..a colt of no mean ability..was, like his famous protonym, bred in Ireland. 1988 D. Abel Moral Picturesque x. 100 Some [characters] have names that recall protonyms with significant associations: Phoebe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880 |
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