what does the name rosetta mean
Both the Arabic name RaÅ¡Ä«d (meaning guide) and the western name Rosetta or Rosette (little rose in Italian and French respectively) are corruptions (or folk etymologies) of a Coptic toponym, Trashit.osetta or Rosette was the name used by the French at the time of Napoleon Bonaparte 's campaign in Egypt and thus became eponymous of the Rosetta Stone (French: Pierre de Rosette), which was found by French soldiers at the nearby Fort Julien in 1799.