myEtymology.com: English etymology of rockrose

Etymology of the English word rockrose

the English word rockrose

derived from the English word rock

derived from the Old French word roche

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *rocca

derived from the North French word roque

derived from the French word roquer

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *rocca

derived from the English word rose

derived from the Old French word rose

derived from the Latin word rosaceus (rose-, made of, from roses)

derived from the Latin word roseus (rose-colored, red)

derived from the Late Latin word rosa (rose; rose bush)

using the Latin suffix -acea

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *er-