Etymology Explorer › French

Where does “roquette” come from?

roquette (French) comes from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.

roquette (French): rocket; rocket ; arugula

Definitions

  1. rocket; rocket ; arugula

Ancestry of “roquette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
2Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
3Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
4English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
5Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
6Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
7Latin-ātus—
8Proto-Italic-ātos—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “roquette”

  • roquette
  • antiroquette
  • roket
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →