English
jelly doughnut
From jelly + doughnut.
A compound of jelly + doughnut
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
Today it means
noun A doughnut filled with jam and usually topped with sugar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jelly doughnut