Namely, 122

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

122: sequoia: the giant redwood tree (from Sequoya, 1770–1843, Cherokee scholar who developed a writing system for the Cherokee language; first known use, 1866)

He climbed that huge sequoia tree—

A feat that really dazzled me.

And then (in case you have not heard)

He thought he’d try to be a bird.

He spread his arms, and then he “flew”—

Straight to the ground (as humans do).

And there he learned from gravity

Some things about reality.

But “learned”—of course that couldn’t be.

He was as dead as Bobby Vee.*

*1943-2016; popular singer in the early 60s; link to his home page