Where does “Bloc Québécois” come from?
Bloc Québécois (English) comes from Canadian French Bloc québécois, from French bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok, from Proto-West Germanic blokk — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
Bloc Québécois (English): A Canadian federal political party, with the goal of sovereignty for Quebec
Definitions
- A Canadian federal political party, with the goal of sovereignty for Quebec
Ancestry of “Bloc Québécois”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canadian French | Bloc québécois | — |
| 2 | French | bloc | a block; a bloc, an alliance; a pad of paper |
| 3 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 4 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 5 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 7 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |