English

leaf frog

Compound of leaf + frog.

A compound of leaf + frog

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

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 Any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.

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

Etymograph / leaf frog