Jell-O

== English == === Alternative forms === jello Jello (AHD) Jell-o (Collins Word Exchange - may be an error) JELL-O (Company’s own web site) === Etymology === Trademarked by Pearle Bixby Wait and named by his wife, May Wait. Clipping of gelatin and jelly, both ultimately from Latin 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. By surface analysis, jell (“jelly”) +‎ -o. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛloʊ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛləʊ/ Rhymes: -ɛləʊ === Proper noun === Jell-O (US, Canada) A brand of dessert made from gelatin. For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O. (genericized trademark, by extension) Any brand of fruit flavored gelatin dessert mix. Synonym: (UK, Australia) jelly For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O. ==== Derived terms ==== === References ===