Editing Oreo (section)

== Etymology ==
The origin of the name "''Oreo''" is obscure, but there are many hypotheses, including derivations from the French word {{Lang|fr|or}}, meaning "gold" (the original tin was gold-colored<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Bartiromo |first=Michael |date=8 April 2023 |title=What does 'Oreo' mean? The mysterious (and maybe controversial) story behind the cookie |url=https://www.abc4.com/news/national/what-does-oreo-mean-the-mysterious-and-maybe-controversial-story-behind-the-cookie/ |work=ABC4}}</ref>); the Greek word {{Lang|el|ὄρος}} (oros), meaning "mountain" (the cookie was originally conceived to be dome-shaped<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Molloy |first=Jessie |date=2022-10-18 |title=The Mysterious Origin Of The Name 'Oreo' |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1060321/the-mysterious-origin-of-the-name-oreo/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Tasting Table }}</ref>); or the [[Greek language|Greek]] word {{lang|el|ωραίο}} ({{transliteration|el|bgn/pcgn|oreo}}) meaning "nice" or "attractive".<ref name="Imponderables">{{Cite book |title=Why do clocks run clockwise? and other Imponderables |last=Feldman |first=David |publisher=Harper & Row Publishers |year=1988 |orig-date=1987|isbn=978-0-06-091515-5 |location=New York City |pages=173–174 |author-link=David Feldman (author)}}</ref> Others believe that the cookie was named Oreo simply because the name was short and easy to pronounce.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/oreohistory.htm |title=History of the Oreo Cookie |publisher=About |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-date=December 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208193311/http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/oreohistory.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another theory, proposed by the food writer [[Stella Parks]], is that the name derives from the Greek ''[[Oreodaphne]]'', a genus of the [[Lauraceae|laurel]] family, originating from the Greek words 'oreo' (ωραίο) meaning 'beautiful' and 'daphne' (δάφνη) referring to the laurel. She observes that the original design of the Oreo includes a laurel wreath, and the names of several of Nabisco's cookies at the time of the original Oreo had botanical derivations, including ''[[Avena]]'', [[Lotus (genus)|''Lotus'']], and Helicon (from ''[[Heliconia]]'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seriouseats.com/2017/08/history-of-oreos-bravetart-cookbook.html|title=How Oreos Got Their Name: The Rise of an American Icon|last=Parks|first=Stella|orig-year=August 15, 2017|date= February 5, 2019|publisher=Serious Eats|access-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=BraveTart|last=Parks|first=Stella|publisher=W. W. Norton & Co.|year=2017|isbn=978-0-393-23986-7|location=New York|pages=209–210}}</ref>