Etymology

rockery

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Today it means: A section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants. Full definition →

English rock ← Middle English rokke ← Anglo-Norman roque
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The story

  1. Medieval Latinroccabor.?
  2. Old English*rocc
  3. Early Medieval Latinrocca
  4. Anglo-Normanroque
  5. Middle Englishrokke
  6. Englishrock
  7. English todayrockery

From rock + -ery.

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