Where does “block booking” come from?
block booking (English) comes from English block, 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.
block booking (English): The reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, or other items at one time; an instance of this
Definitions
- The reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, or other items at one time; an instance of this
Ancestry of “block booking”, step by step
block booking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English block
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 2 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 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 |
via English booking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | booking | present participle of book; The act or process of... |
| 2 | English | book | A collection of sheets of paper bound together to... |
| 3 | Middle English | booke | book; Alternative form of bouk |
| 4 | Old English | bōc | beech; book |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |