epi-, on, in.-onym,name,語源的にはname,anonymousと同じである。
英語の語源
eponymous (adj.)
"giving one's name to," 1833; see eponym + -ous. Related: Eponymously. Alternative form eponymal is used in reference to the other classical eponymos, a title of certain magistrates in ancient Greece who gave their names to the years when they held office. Eponymic has been used in the sense "name-giving; pertaining to eponymic myths" as well as "of or pertaining to a classical eponymos."
例文
1. Don Quixote, eponymous hero of the great novel by Cervantes
ドン?キホーテ-セルバンテス大著の本と同名の主人公
2.Hunan GuFu like a cloud in the witches and baoyu eponymous mix.
湘雲は賈府では混世の魔女と稀玉のように有名だ。
3.The soundtrack was released in 1986 asher eponymous ソロalbum.