The story
- Piedmontese · derived fromGiandoja
- Italian · borrowed fromgianduia
- English todaygianduja
Borrowed from Italian gianduia, gianduja, named after Gianduja, a Piedmontese stock character in the commedia dell'arte, in reference to its place of origin. From Piedmontese Giandoja (literally “John-o'-the-jug”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.