Namely, 58

NAMELY

eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)

words based on or derived from a person's name.

First Known Use: mid-19^th century

“What’s in a Name?”

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2­­

58: daguerreotype: an early form of photography, much like tintype (from Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, 1789–1851), French painter and pioneering photographer; first known use of word, 1839)

The evidence was pretty thin—

A picture—a daguerreotype.

But Rob was sure that he would win—

This lawsuit seemed a perfect gripe:

His neighbor had this picture of

Our Rob there in his apple trees,

Just stealing apples (his big love)

And eating fast as he well pleased.

But that old picture? Not too good.

So blurry and so inexact.

You could not tell ’twas Robin Hood* …

I do not lie—it is a fact!

So Robin Hood escaped again—

He’d robbed the rich—avoided jail.

(Though stolen apples? Not much sin.)

And so he spawned another tale.

*I know: the historical period is not correct. But I don’t care.