English

henroach

From hen + roach, from folk etymological understanding of cockroach as cock + roach.

A compound of hen + roach

Proto-Indo-European *kan-

Proto-Germanic *hanjō

Proto-West Germanic *hannju

Old English henn

Middle English hen ‘hen, chicken’

English hen

Old Saxon *rūh

Middle Low German roche ‘ray (fish)’

Old French roche ‘rock’

Middle English roche

English roach

Today it means

noun A female cockroach

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

Etymograph / henroach