Etymograph

English

Twizzler

Brand name, established in the 1920s, from twizzle + -er.

Formed from twizzle + -er

English twissel ‘double, twofold’

English twizzle

The story

Brand name, established in the 1920s, from twizzle + -er.

Today it means

noun A kind of chewy candy in the form of long twists.

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

Etymograph / Twizzler