Etymology of the English word rockface
the English word
rockfacederived from the English word
rockderived from the Old French word
rochederived from the Vulgar Latin root
*roccaderived from the North French word
roquederived from the French word
roquerderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*roccaderived from the English word
facederived from the Old French word
facederived from the Vulgar Latin word
faciaderived from the Latin word
facies (face; shape, face, look)
derived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-Usage
Word found in Modern English