Word hunt summary/agnomen

[bkane -at- ARTISOFT -dot- COM]

     Sorry I'm so late posting this summary (some people had asked me to
     post the summary to the list).
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     Here's the original query:

     >Hello,
     >A fellow tech writer has asked me to pose this question to the list:
     >I'm searching for a word that means "the thing you're named after."
     >Not namesake--that's the other way around.  This would be like: the
     >State of Indiana was Indiana Jones' ______________.

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     I gave my TW friend all the answers, and here is his conclusion:

         We have a winner!
         "Agnomen," from the list provided by Kathy Kearney
         Moore, is it!  True, it doesn't fit my Indiana Jones
         example, but the example was a little off to start
         with.  For the actual use I have in mind, "agnomen" is
         perfect.
         Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions!
            --Matt
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     Here are other words offered by the tech writers, in
     case you were wondering:

     Progenitor
     eponym
     Antecedent
     Prototype
     Forerunner
     Precursor
     moniker
     nom de plume
     patronymic
     appellation
     arch-type
     anti-type
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     And here is Kathy Kearney Moore's submission (grabbed from the Internet)
     in its entirety:
     #564. Nomenclature. -- N. nomenclature; naming &c. v.; nuncupation|,
     nomination, baptism; orismology[obs3]; onomatopoeia;
     antonomasia[obs3].
     name; appelation[obs3], appelative[obs3]; designation, title; heading,
     rubric; caption; denomination; by-name, epithet.
     style, proper name; praenomen[Lat], AGNOMEN[obs3], cognomen;
     patronymic, surname; cognomination[obs3]; eponym; compellation[obs3],
     description, antonym; empty title, empty name; handle to one's name;
     namesake.
     term, expression, noun;.byword; convertible terms &c. 522; technical
     term; cant &c. 563.
     V. name, call, term, denominate designate, style, entitle,
     clepe[obs3], dub, christen, baptize, characterize, specify, define,
     distinguish by the name of; label &c. (mark) 550.
     be -called &c v.; take the name of, bean the name of, go by the name
     of, be known by the name of, go under the name of, pass under the name
     of, rejoice in the name of.
     Adj. named &c. v.; hight[obs3], ycleped, known as; what one may well,
     call fairly, call properly, call fitly.
     nuncupatory[obs3], nuncupative; cognominal[obs3], titular, nominal,
     orismological[obs3].
     Phr.  "beggar'd all description" [Antony and Cleopatra].