Words From People's Names
Some words originated from people's names. Generally, these people served the
world in some special way and then gained immortality through the word named
after them. Since these name words often have unique spellings, they can present
problems for spellers.
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Word |
|
Person |
| America |
Amerigo Vespucci |
| ampere |
Andre Ampere |
| boycott |
Captain Charles Boycott |
| braille |
Louis Braille |
| Celsius |
Anders Celsius |
| chauvinism |
Nicolas Chauvin |
| dahlia |
Anders Dahl |
| diesel |
Rudolf Diesel |
| Fahrenheit |
Gabriel Fahrenheit |
| guy |
Guy Fawkes |
| herculean |
Hercules |
| macadam |
John McAdam |
| martinet |
Jean Martinet |
| maverick |
Samuel Maverick |
| nicotine |
Jean Nicot |
| ohm |
Georg Simon Ohm |
| pasteurize |
Louis Pasteur |
| poinsettia |
Joel Poinsett |
| quixotic |
Don Quixote |
| sandwich |
Earl of Sandwich |
| saxophone |
Antoine Sax |
| sideburns |
Ambrose Burnside |
| silhouette |
Etienne de Silhouette |
| spoonerism |
Reverend William Spooner |
| volt |
Count Alessandro Volta |
| watt |
James Watt |
| zeppelin |
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
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