Etymology

roquette

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Today it means: A herb of the mustard family (Eruca sativa), with pungently flavored leaves often eaten in salads. Full definition →

French roquette
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  1. French · borrowed fromroquette
  2. English todayroquette

Borrowed from French roquette. Cognate with rocket, see that entry for other cognates.

Words from the same roots

Frenchroquette all →

rocket

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.