Etymology Explorer › Ottoman Turkish

Where does “روكت” come from?

روكت (Ottoman Turkish) comes from French roquette, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus.

Ancestry of “روكت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchroquetterocket; rocket ; arugula
2Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
3Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
4Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
5English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
6Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
7Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
8Latin-ātus—
9Proto-Italic-ātos—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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