Where does “bullfrog” come from?
Bullfrog comes from English bull and English ribbit, ultimately from Latin bulla meaning bubble, tracing back to Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
bullfrog (English): Any of various frogs having a croak that...
Definitions
- Any of various frogs having a croak that...
Ancestry of “bullfrog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 2 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 3 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 4 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |