English
puffcorn
From puff + corn.
Proto-West Germanic *puf(f)- ‘to blow, puff’
Old English pyf ‘a blast of wind, puff’
Middle English puff
English puff
Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’
Proto-Germanic *kurną ‘corn, grain, cereal’
Proto-West Germanic *korn ‘corn, grain, cereal’
Old English corn ‘corn, a grain or seed’
Middle English corn ‘any plant that bears grain, especially wheat’
English corn
Today it means
noun A corn snack, visually similar to popcorn, but made with corn meal and baked.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / puffcorn