A name moves into ordinary languageSourced
A person’s name can become a thing’s name
An eponym is a person or thing that supplies another name. John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, is an example associated with the sandwich. A name can gain an everyday use even among people who do not know the original bearer.
The word may travel farther than the story behind it.
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