How best known brands were named
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The document provides the origins and meanings behind various company and product names including: the Mississippi River known for its volume; Pepto-Bismol named for the digestive enzyme pepsin; Google originally intended as a misspelling of "googol"; Volkswagen meaning "people's car" in German; Caterpillar tractors resembling creeping caterpillars; Coca-Cola made from coca leaves and kola nuts; Sonic combining "SONUS" meaning sound and "SONNY" meaning small size; Amul meaning invaluable in Sanskrit and originating from Anand Milk Union Limited; Bournville drink named after the model village site of the Cadbury factory; Maggi soup seasoning named after
How best known brands were named
- 2. Most voluminous river for a site with hoped for voluminous sales
- 3. Named for digestive enzyme pepsin
- 4. A misspelling for math term “googol”
- 5. German for peoples’ car
- 6. A photographer said the tractor looked like a creeping caterpillar and the name stuck
- 7. Made from coca leaves and kola nuts— coca-kola
- 8. Combination of "SONUS," the original Latin for "SONIC," meaning sound, with "SONNY," denoting small size, or a youthful boy.
- 9. Derived from the Sanskrit word Amulya, meaning invaluable. AMUL = Anand Milk Union Limited.
- 10. The drink was named by Cadbury which was derived from Bournville, the model village which is the site of the Cadbury factory (Bourn + Vita).
- 11. MAGGI owes its name to founder Julius Maggi, entrepreneur and inventor of the first product to bear the brand - MAGGI Soup Seasoning.
- 12. Short form of Integrated Electronics
- 13. Was originally Echo Bay, but that was taken, so Echo was shortened to e