Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Fourteen, Lesson Four: Eponyms


  1. screw
  2. stew
  3. threw
  4. slice
  5. twice
  6. price
  7. vitamin
  8. calorie
  9. protein
  10. carbohydrate
  1. lipids
  2. fatty
  3. acid
  4. energy
  5. acorn
  6. larvae
  7. bison
  8. diet
  9. consume
  10. poisonous
Eponyms

Eponyms are words which are named after a person or a place. Here are some more examples:


	bunsen burner - Used in chemistry to heat mixtures and developed
		  by a German chemist named Robert Bunsen.

	panic - The mythical Greek god Pan was known to scare people
		  out of their wits. Panic now means "strong fear
		  which causes people to act out of control."

	pasteurization - Louis Pasteur discovered a method of killing
		  germs in milk which is known as pasteurization.

	rugby - The sport of rugby (which is a lot like American football)
		  was first played in the English town of Rugby.

	sandwich - The Earl of Sandwich is credited for instructing a
		  servant to bring him meat between two slices of
		  bread.

	saxophone - The saxophone was invented by a guy named Antoine
		  Sax of Belgium.

	teddy bear - President Theodore Roosevelt (who was sometimes called
		  Teddy) is said to have saved the life of a brown bear
		  cub. After that stuffed bear toys were called "teddy bears."

	tuxedo - This type of suit was first worn by a person attending
		  a party at the Tuxedo Park Country Club in New York.

	canary - The Canary Islands are where these fancy birds were first
		  found.

	candy - The French Prince of Conde liked sweet foods and he became
		  famous for his fondness of sweet treats.


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