enoch · noun1
Named after a blacksmith Enoch Taylor of Marsden, Yorkshire. Used by Luddites to smash cropping machines, Taylor made sledgehammers and also the machine frames which sparked riots: "Enoch made them. Enoch shall break them".
Enoch · proper noun2
- Hebrew · derived fromחֲנוֹךְ
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἙνώχ
- Late Latin · borrowed fromEnoch
- English todayEnoch
From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.