Where does “strange-horned toad” come from?
strange-horned toad (English) comes from English horned, from Middle English horned, from Middle English horn, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic horn, from Proto-Germanic hurną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
strange-horned toad (English): Any species of toad in the genus Xenophrys, which have a strange protuberance on their forehead
Definitions
- Any species of toad in the genus Xenophrys, which have a strange protuberance on their forehead
Ancestry of “strange-horned toad”, step by step
strange-horned toad traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English horned
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horned | Having horns; cuckolded; simple past tense and... |
| 2 | Middle English | horned | Possessing horns or a similar projection; horned... |
| 3 | Middle English | horn | A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of... |
| 4 | Old English | horn | horn; gable |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English strange
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strange | Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the... |
| 2 | Latin | extrāneus | foreign |
| 3 | Latin | -āneus | forming adjectives Of or pertaining to; -aneous |
| 4 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | Forms adjectives indicating being formed out of a material |