Is it "doughnut" or "donut ... In fact, according to the online dictionary, the first examples of the word in the late 18th century use a variation of the spelling – "donote." ...

The first Dunkin' Donuts was opened in 1950 ... According to a National Donut Day post in the dictionary's Words at Play blog: "We've been encountering the variant donut in published, edited ...

They simply dropped the word "donuts" from their name, becoming simply "Dunkin'." It's not the first time this has happened to the donut shop. When William Rosenberg started the business in 1948 ...