English
toad
Toad comes from Middle English tode ‘a toad’, and goes back to Old English tādiġe.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tādiġeas tādie, shortened variant
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150*tādereconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tode‘a toad’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886toad
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tādiġeas tādie, shortened variant
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150*tādereconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tode‘a toad’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886toad
Earliest quotation: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Folk and Fairy Tales: “Shortly he heard the trolls coming. They had a…”
Every English word from Old English tādiġe
Today it means
noun An amphibian, a kind of frog (broad sense, order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English tādiġe / toad