Seattle and Vancouver |
Curie, Kelvin and Fermi |
Names turned into words |
Watt and Newton, for two |
Names derived from people |
Cardigan and leotard, e.g. |
Guillotine and Oscar, e.g. |
Louis Braille and Les Paul |
Those who lend their names |
People things are named for |
Leotard and Silhouette, e.g. |
Nikola Tesla and Louis Chevrolet |
Words derived from people's names |
People after whom things are named |
Ancestors for whom tribes are named |
Achilles' heel and Adam's apple, e.g. |
People who lend their names to things |
Watt and Ampere, to the watt and ampere |
Jules Léotard and Amelia Bloomer, for two |