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prod (v.)
1535, "to poke with a stick," possibly a variant of
brod,
from M.E.
brodden
"to goad," from O.N.
broddr
"shaft, spike" (see
brad
), or perhaps onomatopoeic. Fig. sense is recorded from 1871. The noun is recorded from 1802.
