English
roachy
From roach + -y.
Formed from roach + -y
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 cockroaches.
Sources
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