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Where does “Bloquiste” come from?

Bloquiste (English) comes from French bloquiste, 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.

Bloquiste (English): A member of the Bloc Québécois; Pertaining to the...

Definitions

  1. A member of the Bloc Québécois; Pertaining to the...

Ancestry of “Bloquiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchbloquisteA member of the Bloc Québécois, a Bloquiste;...
2FrenchBloc—
3Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
4Old Frenchbloclog, block
5Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
6Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
7Old Dutchbloklog
8Proto-West Germanicblokk—
9Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop
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