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- canola (n.)



[canola 词源字典] - "rapeseed," a euphemistic name coined 1978, supposedly involving Canada, where it was developed, and the root of oil (n.).[canola etymology, canola origin, 英语词源]
- granola (n.)




- by 1967, American English, probably from Italian grano "grain," or granular, with commercial suffix -ola. Earlier, with a capital G-, it was a proprietary name (reg. 1886 by W.K. Kellogg, in use into early 20c.) for a kind of breakfast cereal.
- pianola (n.)




- c. 1896, trademark name (1901) of a player piano, from piano, the ending perhaps abstracted from viola and meant as a diminutive suffix. The pianola's popularity led to a rash of product names ending in -ola, especially Victrola (q.v.), and slang words such as payola.
- Shinola (n.)




- brand of shoe polish, by 1904, from shine + -ola.
- onolatry




- "Worship of the donkey or ass. Also in extended use: excessive admiration for or devotion to foolishness or a foolish thing", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Journal of American Folklore. From ancient Greek ὄνος ass + -latry; compare -olatry.
- rhinolaryngology




- "A branch of medicine or surgery that deals with conditions affecting the nose and larynx", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Lancet. From rhino- + laryngology, after German Rhinolaryngologie.
- iconolatry




- "The worship of icons", Early 17th century: from ecclesiastical Greek eikonolatreia, from eikōn 'likeness' + -latria 'worship'.