Etymology of the English word rockling
the English word
rocklingusing the English suffix
-lingderived 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
*roccaDate
The earliest known usage of rockling in English dates from the 17th century.