Etymology

New Rochelle

New Ro·chelle

Today it means: A city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Full definition →

French La Rochelle ← Old French rochelle
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromrochelle
  2. French · derived fromLa Rochelle
  3. English todayNew Rochelle

From new + Rochelle. From La Rochelle, from French La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchrochelle all →

RochelleLa Rochelle

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.