Etymograph

English

Rockite

From Rock + -ite.

Formed from Rock + -ite

Old English *rocc

Middle English rocke ‘rock formation’

English Rock

Today it means

noun A member of an agrarian rebel group active in the south-west of Ireland from 1821 to 1824, whose figurehead was the mythical folk hero Captain Rock.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Rockite