People who become words

quantum

August, from Augustus Caesar<br><br>bloomers, kind of girls pants, very loose, from<br>Amelia Jenks Bloomer, a caller for women rights<br><br>bobby, an English policeman, and now it is<br>a nick for police<br><br>nicotine, the stuff in tobacco. It is the name<br>of Jean Nicot, who introduced tobacco into France<br>from Portugal in 16th century.<br>

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<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->nicotine, the stuff in tobacco. It is the name<br>of Jean Nicot, who introduced tobacco into France<br>from Portugal in 16th century.<br><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Interesting&#33; But I have regarded "nicotine" as a common name of some chemical component. <!--emo&:rolleyes:--><img src='https://www.kaiyuan.info/modules/ipboard/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif'><!--endemo-->