paddock
n.
1
"a frog, a toad," c.1300, diminutive of pad "toad," from Old Norse padda; common Germanic (Swedish padda, Danish padde, Old Frisian and Middle Dutch padde "frog, toad," also Dutch schildpad "tortoise"), of unknown origin and with no certain cognates outside Germanic.
2
"an enclosure," 1620s, alteration of Middle English parrock, from Old English pearroc "enclosed space, fence" (see park, n.). Or possibly from Medieval Latin parricus (8c.), which ultimately is from Germanic.
〔李〕n. 蟾蜍;蛙(pad =frog) ←-ock [OE] 表示“小的⋯(物)”