Etymology

jellygraph

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Today it means: A hectograph. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ← Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  2. Latingelū
  3. Latingelō
  4. Early Medieval Latingelāta
  5. Old Frenchgelee
  6. Middle Englishgele
  7. Englishjelly
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  10. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  11. English todayjellygraph

From jelly + -graph.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.