Etymograph

English

rockrunner

From rock + runner.

A compound of rock + runner

Old English *rocc

Middle English rocke ‘rock formation’

English rock

Middle English rennere

English runner

Today it means

noun A bird of the species Achaetops pycnopygius, native to Angola and Namibia.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rockrunner”. 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.

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