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This is an example of folk etymology. The original word was Spanish cucaracha, but English speakers couldn't make anything meaningful of that when they borrowed it into English, and so they folk etymologized it into cock "male chicken" and roach "a type of fish", that sounds similar enough to cucaracha to be reasonable.
The same thing happened to Cayo Hueso "Bone Key" as "Key West", for example.
I hate that THAT is acceptable but when I combine "no one" to "noone" someone HAS to call me out for it and act like English never changes to become easier
it's extremely petty but I'm still mad about it
This is outrageous, we shall duel at noone