18 OCTOBER 1902, Page 16

SUGGESTIONS FOR A NEW WORD TO DENOTE WORDS DERIVED FROM

PROPER NAMES. (To THE EDITOR. OP THE "SPECTATOR:]

Sin,—A word derived from a man's name may be correctly denoted by " anthroponym." Also " anthroponymic," formed like "patronymic," might serve, and might perhaps be used either as a substantive or as an adjective. The following terms are more easily pronounced, and are perhaps ssot too incorrect for general use : " Onomatism," "andronym" (better thanMr.Wyse's "aneronomatie"), "onomatic word," "surname- derivative," "surname-word," "name-derivative," " name- word."—I am, Sir, Ix., Hael d'Anyleterre, Biarritz. LIONEL A. TOLLEHACHE.