Frog Definition
- to experience temporary hoarseness
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Frog
Origin of Frog
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From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, frocga (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruþgô (“frog”), a pet-form of Proto-Germanic *fruþ-, *frauþaz (“frog”), deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki (“frog”), Sanskrit प्लव (plava), प्लवक (plavaka, “frog”), Lithuanian sprūgti (“to leave, escape”), Russian прыгнуть (prýgnutĭ, “to leap”), прыгать (prýgatĭ, “to jump around”), Albanian fryj (“to blow”)). See also frosh, frosk.
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From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, corresponding French term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food.
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Unknown. Possibly from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).
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Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to "rip it".
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Middle English frogge from Old English frogga
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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