Where does “retrorocket” come from?
retrorocket (English) comes from English rocket, from French roquette, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et.
retrorocket (English): A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or...
Definitions
- A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or...
Ancestry of “retrorocket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | rocket | A rocket engine; A non-guided missile propelled... |
| 2 | French | roquette | rocket; rocket ; arugula |
| 3 | Italian | rocchetta | incendiary rocket |
| 4 | Italian | rocchetto | spool; reel; coil |
| 5 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 6 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 7 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 8 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 9 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |