English
jelloid
Former brand name, from a company called Iron Jelloid Co.
Formed from jelly + -oid
Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘cold’
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Latin gelo ‘to freeze, cause to congeal’
Early Medieval Latin gelāta
Old French gelee ‘cold spell’
Middle English gele ‘a jelly made from the stock of meats or a…’
English jelly
The story
Former brand name, from a company called Iron Jelloid Co.
Today it means
noun A medicated gelatin tablet or lozenge; a gelatinous pill.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jelloid