myEtymology.com: English etymology of rosebush

Etymology of the English word rosebush

the English word rosebush

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-

derived from the English word bush