IF you enjoy learning about a word’s origin, you will find eponyms interesting. While some eponyms are well known, others may only be familiar to people who understand a certain cultural reference.

A longstanding tradition in medicine rewards people by naming diseases, procedures, and other noteworthy discoveries after them. Alas, remembering them all is a huge headache for anyone who’s studying ...

One of the fascinating quirks of any language is the way in which proper names insinuate themselves into our vocabulary, as eponyms - when a person's name becomes that of a place, a people, an era, or ...