Where does “rockbrake” come from?

rockbrake (English) comes from English Rock, from English rock and roll, from English and, from Middle English an, from Old English ond, from Old English and, from Proto-Germanic andi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti — on, onto.

rockbrake (English): Any fern in the genus Cryptogramma

Definitions

  1. Any fern in the genus Cryptogramma

Ancestry of “rockbrake”, step by step

rockbrake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Rock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRockfor someone living near a rock or an oak (atter + oke)
2Englishrock and rollA genre of popular music that evolved in the...
3EnglishandAs a coordinating conjunction; expressing two...
4Middle EnglishanAlternative form of in; Alternative form of and;...
5Old Englishondand
6Old Englishandand; even; also
7Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English brake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrakeA fern; bracken; A thicket, or an area overgrown...
2Middle Low Germanbrakestump, branch; nose ring, curb, flax brake
3Proto-Germanic*brekan
4Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts