Jell-O

jello Jello jellõ English thumb|Jell-O advertisement from the December 1927 issue of Woman's Home Companion. Alternative forms en jello en Jello (AHD) en Jell-o (Collins Word Exchange - may be an error) en JELL-O (Company’s own web site) Etymology Trademarked by Pearle Bixby Wait and named by his wife, May Wait. en gelatin,jelly and, both ultimately from en la gelō to freeze, cause to congeal, following a then relatively popular trend in the United States to add “O” to the end of products, which according to The Dictionary of Trade Names Origins started because the letter is pleasing to the eye.en Matt Buzz The Fascinating, Untold History of Jell-O Gizmodo https://web.archive.org/web/20140125091955/https://gizmodo.com/the-fascinating-untold-history-of-jell-o-1508125288 24 January 2014 May named her and her husband’s new favorite dessert “Jell-O,” a combined version of the words gelatin and jelly (with both words deriving from the Latin “gelare”1). around this time in America it was simply a relatively popular trend to add “O” to the end of your product name. According to The Dictionary of Trade Names Origins, the practice got started simply because “O” is pleasing to the eye. en jell<t:jelly> -o. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Jell-O.wav US en /ˈdʒɛloʊ/ GA en /ˈdʒɛləʊ/ RP en ɛləʊ 2 Proper noun 1 en US Canada A brand of dessert made from gelatin. en en genericized trademark by extension Any brand of fruit flavored gelatin dessert mix. en jelly UK, Australia en The store brand Jell-O is just as good and one third the price. en Derived terms en Jell-O shot nail Jell-O to a tree References en coinages trademarks