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Where does “rochetto” come from?

rochetto (Italian) comes from Italian Rocca, from Gothic rukka, from Proto-Germanic rukkô, from Proto-Indo-European rukn-, from Proto-Indo-European ruk-.

rochetto (Italian): rocket

Definitions

  1. rocket

Ancestry of “rochetto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianRocca—
2Gothicrukka—
3Proto-Germanicrukkôspinning wheel, distaff
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrukn-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanruk-—

Words derived from “rochetto”

  • rocket
  • skyrocket
  • rocketry
  • rocketship
  • retrorocket
  • rocketeer
  • rocketlike
  • roquette
  • rocketer
  • rocketman
  • turborocket
  • antirocket
  • rocketborne
  • rocketless
  • rocket launcher
  • hybrid rocket
  • solid rocket
  • chemical rocket
  • liquid rocket
  • searocket
  • Rocketshipper
  • rocketpunk
  • rocket docket
  • rocchetta
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