English

frogspawn

From frog + spawn.

A compound of frog + spawn

Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump’

Proto-West Germanic *froggō

Old English frocga

Middle English frogge ‘a frog or toad’

English frog

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’

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Latin expandō ‘stretch out’

Old French espandre

Anglo-Norman espaundre

Middle English spawnen

English spawn

Today it means

noun A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.

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

Etymograph / frogspawn