Etymograph

English

Nutella

Nutella comes from Italian Nutella, and goes back to English nut.

  1. English1500–presentnut
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentNutella
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2013same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentnut
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentNutella
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2013same form

Earliest quotation: 2013, Norm MacDonald, Norm Macdonald Live: “Apparently someone in Germany stole 5 metric tons of…”

The story

Marketing name borrowed from Italian Nutella, from English nut + -ella (diminutive suffix). Coined in the early 1960s by Italian entrepreneur Michele Ferrero, the son of Italian businessman Pietro Ferrero, the inventor of the product's forerunner Supercrema.

Every English word from English nut

Today it means

name A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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