Where does “rockery” come from?
Rockery derives from Middle English rokken, from Latin -arius, from Proto-Indo-European kreg-, meaning to turn or bend, combined with the suffix en from Proto-Indo-European en.
rockery (English): A section of a garden made from decorative rocks...
Definitions
- A section of a garden made from decorative rocks...
Ancestry of “rockery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Rock | — |
| 2 | English | rock and roll | A genre of popular music that evolved in the... |
| 3 | English | and | As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two... |
| 4 | Middle English | an | Alternative form of in; Alternative form of and;... |
| 5 | Old English | ond | and |
| 6 | Old English | and | and; even; also |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |