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when there is a COCKroach, why not there is a HENroach?
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- BBagwindsLv 76 years agoFavorite Answer
Because it's not a native English word, but it was anglicized using folk etymology in the 17th century; from the Spanish cucaracha, to English cacaroch to English cockroach, due to English-speakers associating the two parts of the word as caca=cock and roch=roach.
- tentofieldLv 76 years ago
Because cockroach is an anglicising of the Spanish 'cucaracha'. It has nothing to do with cocks or roaches.
- ?Lv 76 years ago
Because "cockroach" has nothing to do with chickens or roaches - it's an Anglicisation of "cucaracha" from Spanish, in the same way that "keys" in Florida have nothing to do with what is on a piano or what one uses to lock the door - it's from Spanish, too - "Key West" is an Anglicisation of "Cayo Hueso" ("quay shaped like a bone".
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- Anonymous6 years ago
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