Etymograph

English

gizdodo

Blend of gizzard + dodo ("fried plantain").

A blend of gizzard + dodo

Latin gigēria ‘the cooked entrails of poultry’

Old French gesier

Middle French gésier

Middle English gyser ‘a gizzard or liver’

English gizzard

Portuguese doudo ‘fool, simpleton, silly, stupid’

English dodo

The story

Blend of gizzard + dodo ("fried plantain").

Today it means

noun A Nigerian dish made from fried gizzard and plantain.

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