English

froglet

From frog + -let.

A compound of frog + -let

Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump’

Proto-West Germanic *froggō

Old English frocga

Middle English frogge ‘a frog or toad’

English frog

Today it means

noun A newly emerged frog, either from the tadpole stage (usually aquatic), or directly from the egg.

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