Pandemonium, which means “a wild uproar” or “a chaotic situation,” first appeared in John Milton’s Paradise Lost as the name of Hell’s capital city.

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9 Things You Didn’t Know Were Named After People

The etymology of words can be complicated. In English many words derive from ancient languages such as Latin (candle) and Greek (biology) or are borrowed from other languages (guru, cigar, karaoke). Some common words, however, actually derive their names from people, though that source is often