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toadstool

The origin and history of toadstool.

Etymology

Came from Middle English tode-stole, tadstol, taddestol, equivalent to toad plus stool. Compare dialectal English frogstool, meaning “toadstool”, Saterland Frisian Poagestoul, meaning “mushroom” (literally “frog's stool”), and Dutch paddenstoel.

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