English, as well as other languages, often takes the names of people and makes them into common, everyday words. The word diesel, for example, names a particular kind of combustion engine used in heavy trucks. Its name comes from its inventor Rudolf Diesel. Try your skill at the eponyms in this hangman activity.
*Words and hints taken from Elements of Language, Second Course, CD ROM "One-Stop Planner" (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2000).
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