English

fluffernutter

Genericized trademark from fluff + -er + nut + -er.

A compound of fluff + -er + nut + -er

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

West Flemish vluwe

English fluff

Proto-Italic *knuks

…

Proto-Germanic *hnuts

Proto-West Germanic *hnut

Old English hnutu

Middle English note

English nut

The story

Genericized trademark from fluff + -er + nut + -er.

noun A sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, most common in New England.

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

Etymograph / fluffernutter