Where does “Tonkin toad” come from?

Tonkin toad (English) comes from English Tonkin, from English Thomas, from Middle English Thomas, from Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς, from Aramaic תאומא, from Aramaic תאמא — twin, double; Gemini.

Tonkin toad (English): Bufo pageoti, a species of true toad found in parts of China, Vietnam, and Myanmar

Definitions

  1. Bufo pageoti, a species of true toad found in parts of China, Vietnam, and Myanmar

Ancestry of “Tonkin toad”, step by step

Tonkin toad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Tonkin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTonkin—
2EnglishThomasAn infidel
3Middle EnglishThomas—
4LatinThōmāsThomas the Apostle
5Ancient GreekΘωμᾶςThomas
6Aramaicתאומאtwin; Thomas
7Aramaicתאמאtwin, double; Gemini

via English toad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoadAn amphibian, a kind of frog with shorter...
2Middle EnglishtodeA toad; The toad seen as a foul, devilish, and...
3Old Englishtāde—
4Old Englishtādietoad
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