释义 |
protonym rare.|ˈprəʊtənɪm| [f. proto- + Gr. ὄνοµα, ὄνυµα name, after synonym.] The first person or thing of the name; that from which another is named.
1880Scribner's Mag. Mar. 667/2 The wrecked canal-boat, the Evening Star,..quenched in the twilight, with its heavenly protonym palpitating in the vapor above it. 1882Daily News 26 Juen 5/2 Faugh-a-Ballagh..a colt of no mean ability..was, like his famous protonym, bred in Ireland. |