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It's Latin for "I roll" - a logical name for a company that started out making ball bearings. |
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Mazda = Persian god of light. Why name your cars that? Good question! |
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Cola from the cola nut used for flavoring (and influenced by Coca-Cola) It was originally promoted as relief from dysPEPSia, which is a fancy name for indigestion. DYS = poor and PEPSIA = digestion in Latin. |
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Originated at the Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas. The inventor mixed together 23 soda fountain ingredients and named his creation after his first employer. Most sodas were originally marketed as medicinal as well as good tasting. |
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The pie tins used by the Frisbie Bakery in Connecticut which were thrown in the same manner as the toy. |
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The original product was based on a derivative of castor oil (from castor beans.) |
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From the Danish leg godt meaning "play well." |
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From the Latin son meaning "sound." |
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Not the planet or the god, but Forrest Mars - the man who established the company. |
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Originally spelled Ovomaltine for egg-malt (using the Latin ovum for egg) when a Swiss product. Shortened when introduced in Britain. |
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feminine form of Latin niveus meaning "snowy." |
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Gaelic dram buidh - drink + yellow, for it color. |
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from brilliant (not the Italian brillo meaning drunk!) |
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Nike is the Greek goddess of victory - Well, you do want to win when you are wearing them, right? |
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A reebok is a very fast type of African gazelle |
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Adolph Dassler, their German maker, called Adi by friends + the first 3 letters of his last name. |
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Is a created name that was picked because it "sounded foreign." |
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