Etymograph

English

Tadfool

Blend of tadpole + fool, referencing an in-universe term for Illithid parasites.

A blend of tadpole + fool

Middle English tadpolle

English tadpole

Latin follis ‘bellows’

Old French fol ‘foolish’

Middle English fol

English fool

The story

Blend of tadpole + fool, referencing an in-universe term for Illithid parasites.

Today it means

name Any one of the Illithid parasite-infected playable characters in Baldur's Gate 3.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Tadfool