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==Etymology==
− It is probably [[bor|dum|paden|t=to walk along a path, make a path]], from pad, pat, path (see [[path]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) or from Low German padden, to tread, perhaps imitative of the sound of feet.^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021)^(Etymonline)
+ It is probably [[bor|dum|paden|t=to walk along a path, make a path]], from pad, pat, path (see [[path]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) or from [[nds|padden]], to tread, perhaps imitative of the sound of feet.^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021)^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==