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frogEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗frogEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗frogEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare Kraut (“German person”) and French rosbif (“English person”) (from roast beef), with similar food etymologies.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗frogEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗frogEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to “rip it”.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗frogEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Probably a minced oath alteration of fuck.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- FrogEnglish · e-38538-2310
Frog, frog, n. a genus of tailless amphibians, with webbed feet, remarkable for its rapid swimming and leaping: a soft, horny substance in the middle of the sole of a horse's foot, forking towards the heel: a section of
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Frog, frog, n. an ornamental fastening or tasselled button for a frock or cloak.—adj. Frogged, in uniforms, of ornamental stripes or workings of braid or lace, mostly on the breast of a coat.
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