English
roachlike
From roach + -like.
A compound of roach + -like
Old Saxon *rūh
Middle Low German roche ‘ray (fish)’
Old French roche ‘rock’
Middle English roche
English roach
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a roach (insect).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “roachlike”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / roachlike