Where does “rocketpunk” come from?

rocketpunk (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 — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

rocketpunk (English): A subgenre of speculative fiction based on space...

Definitions

  1. A subgenre of speculative fiction based on space...

Ancestry of “rocketpunk”, step by step

rocketpunk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rocket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrocketA rocket engine; A non-guided missile propelled...
2Frenchroquetterocket weapon
3Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
4Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
5Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
6English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
7Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
8Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English punk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpunkA person used for sex, particularly; A worthless...
2Unamipunkwashes; dust; powder
3Proto-Algonquianpenkwidust, ash
4Proto-Algicpenekwepowder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Italian -etto