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RoachEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
* As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Old French roche (“rock”). Compare Roch. * Also as an English surname, from the River Roch; see Roch. * Also as an English surname, shortened from Rochdale.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗roachEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English roche, from Old French roche, from Middle Low German roche, ruche (“ray (fish)”), from Old Saxon *rūh, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“rough”). Cognate with Old English ruhha ("a ray"; > Middle English rouhe, rohȝe), German Rochen (“ray (fish)”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗roachEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Back-formation from cockroach, as if it were a compound. Marijuana-related meanings by similarity of appearance of the butt, attested since the 1930s.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗roachEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Apparently from extended or figurative use of roach (“Cyprinidae”), above. Compare the adjective roached (“styled so that the mane stands up from the neck”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗roachEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Variant of roche (“rock”). Attested since the seventeenth century.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- RoachEnglish · e-38699-6708
Roach, rōch, n. a silvery fresh-water fish: a concave curve in the foot of a square sail.—v.t. to arch: to cut short. [O. Fr. roche—Teut.; Ger. roche.]
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Roach, rōch, n. a rock: refuse gritty stone.—As sound as a roach, perfectly sound.
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