a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named 名祖(姓名被用来或据说被用来命名某发现、发明或地名等的人) ■a name or noun formed in such a way 名称
语源
mid 19th cent.: from Greek epōnumos 'given as a name, giving one's name to someone or something', from epi 'upon' + onoma 'name'