Etymograph

English

fuzzword

From fuzz + word, by analogy with buzzword.

A compound of fuzz + word

Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to say’

…

Proto-Germanic *wurdą

Proto-West Germanic *word

Old English word

Middle English word ‘a word’

English word

Today it means

noun A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.

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

Etymograph / fuzzword