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Yeah, because it actually is Ros- = Rose, not Ros- = Horse! Either Rosa munda = elegant rose or Rosa mundi = Rose of the world, depending on one's opinion of King Henry II's alleged girlfriend, said to have been terminated with extreme prejudice by Eleanor of Aquitaine but in fact a later legend. Either way, it's Latin, not Germanic.

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And, surely, one pronounces Rosa with a long o?