英语词汇toad的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	toad
词源	toad n. c. 1300, from late Old English tadige, tadie, of unknown origin and according to OED with no known cognates outside English. Applied to loathsome persons from 1560s. Toad-strangler "heavy rain" is from 1919, U.S. Southern dialectal. Entries linking to toad hop-toad n. also hoptoad, 1827, American English, from hop (v.) + toad. tadpole n. mid-15c., from tadde "toad" (see toad) + pol "head" (see poll (n.)). Also pol-head (mid 13c.). hop-toad (n.)tadpole (n.)toadstone (n.)toadstool (n.) updated on February 10, 2014
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toad n.