Rock

What “Rock” means

Noun

1. A formation of minerals, specifically:
2. A formation of minerals, specifically:
3. A formation of minerals, specifically:
4. A formation of minerals, specifically:
5. A formation of minerals, specifically:

Verb

1. To pelt with rocks; to stone.

Verb

1. To move gently back and forth.
2. To move gently back and forth.
3. To cause to shake or sway violently.
4. To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
5. To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.

Noun

1. An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Medieval Latin roccabor.? Old English *rocc Early Medieval Latin rocca Anglo-Norman roquebor. Middle English rokke English rock Inherited from Middle English rocke, rokke (“rock formation”), from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English stānrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roque, (compare Modern French roc, roche, rocher), from Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767), of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be of Celtic (in particular, perhaps Gaulish) origin (compare Breton roc'h). Related also to Middle Low German rocke (“rock ledge”). One suggestion is that it derives from Vulgar Latin *rupica, from rupes (compare rupico).

Inherited from Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian, from Proto-West Germanic *rokkōn, from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ruknéh₂ti, from *h₃rewk-, *h₃runk-. See also obsolete Dutch rokken, Middle High German rocken (“to drag, jerk”), Modern German rücken (“to move, shift”), Icelandic rukka (“to yank”); also Latin runcāre (“to weed”), Latvian rũķēt (“to toss, dig”).

Business name ideas with “Rock”

Industries where “Rock” fits

We suggest this word for 3 business types and industries, including:

• Concrete Company
• Phosphate Rock Mining
• Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors