tode
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly related to Low German todden (“to drag”).
Noun edit
tode (plural todes)
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly related to Low German todden (“to drag”).
Noun edit
tode (plural todes)
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English *tāde, a shortening of tādie, tādiġe, of uncertain origin. Compared to Old Norse and modern Danish tudse (“toad”), but OED rejects this because the zero grade of ai is i, not u. Possibly from a common Proto-Germanic word *tod (“small”), compared to Proto-Germanic *tūdrijaz (“small, frail”) (modern English tidbit) or *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”) (modern English toddle), referring to its short steps.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- A toad (dry-skinned member of the order Anura)
- The toad seen as a foul, devilish, and vile animal.
- (rare, derogatory) A sinner; a nasty or loathsome person.
- (rare, alchemy) The remnants of an element used in alchemical transmutation.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “tōde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ Liberman, Anatoly: An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction, p. xiv & 206