Where does “enrochement” come from?

enrochement (French) comes from French enrocher, from French rocher, from Old French rochier, from French roche, from Old French roche, from Persian رخ, from Middle Persian lhw', from Sanskrit रथ — to roll; wheel; to run, roll.

enrochement (French): riprap

Definitions

  1. riprap

Ancestry of “enrochement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenrocherto encrust
2Frenchrocherrock
3Old Frenchrochierrock
4Frenchrocherock
5Old Frenchrocherock
6Persianرخrook; cheek; face
7Middle Persianlhw'rook, castle
8Sanskritरथchariot, car, especially a two-wheeled...
9Proto-Indo-IranianHrátʰaschariot
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrót-h₂-os
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanHret-to roll; wheel; to run, roll

Words derived from “enrochement

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hret-