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padEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
1554, "bundle of straw to lie on". Unknown, and unclear whether all senses have a common etymology. For sense "ends of a digit", cf. Low German or West Flemish pad (“sole of the foot”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to pass”), which would make it related to both path and find.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗padEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English pade, padde, from Old English padde, from Proto-West Germanic *paddā, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Cognate with Dutch pad, German Low German Pad (“toad”), dialectal German Padde, Danish padde, Swedish padda, Icelandic padda (“toad”), and possibly to English paddle. Doublet of pode
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗padEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Dutch pad or Middle Low German pat (“path”). Doublet of path.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗padEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Perhaps an alteration of ped.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗padEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Probably partly from Middle Low German pat, partly imitative. Some senses possibly influenced by pad (“soft part of an animal's foot”, noun).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗padEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Probably imitative, perhaps related to or influenced by Etymology 5, above.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- PadEnglish · e-38699-1691
Pad, pad, n. a thief on the high-road (more commonly Footpad): (abbrev. from pad-horse) a horse for riding on the road: an easy-paced horse.—v.i. to walk on foot: to trudge along: to rob on foot:—pr.p. pad′ding; pa.t. an
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Pad, pad, n. anything stuffed with a soft material, to prevent friction or pressure, or for filling out: a soft saddle, cushion, &c.: a number of sheets of paper or other soft material fastened together for writing upon:
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