This Roman goddess of grain lent her name to the word "cereal"
[DOC] [TLE] Goddess Ceres | Journeying to the Goddess [PAR] Jan 27, 2012 ... Ceres, the Roman Goddess of corn, returns our attention to the land today to ... 
having lent her name to modern breakfast cereals, which shows her ... corn trade 
(corn is the name for whatever cereal grain is in common use.