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Middle English padstol

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Middle English · inherited frompadstol
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From Middle English padstol, paddestol, padestol, equivalent to pad (“toad”) + stool. Cognate with Dutch paddestoel (“toadstool”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.