Where does “blockadable” come from?

blockadable (English) comes from English blockade, 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 — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

blockadable (English): Able to be blockaded

Definitions

  1. Able to be blockaded

Ancestry of “blockadable”, step by step

blockadable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English blockade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblockadeThe physical blocking or surrounding of a place,...
2EnglishblockA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece...
3FrenchBlocBloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)
4Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
5Old Frenchbloclog, block
6Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
7Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
8Old Dutchbloklog
9Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
10Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

via English able

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishableEasy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to
2Middle Englishablecapable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent
3Old Frenchableable; capable
4Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'-