English
frogamander
From blend of frog + salamander.
A blend of frog + salamander
Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump’
Proto-West Germanic *froggō
Old English frocga
Middle English frogge ‘a frog or toad’
English frog
Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα ‘fire salamander’
Latin salamandra
Anglo-Norman salamandre
Middle English salamandre
English salamander
Today it means
noun The extinct amphibamid Gerobatrachus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / frogamander