Where does “blockade” come from?
Blockade derives from English block combined with Spanish -ado, from Latin -atus, Middle Dutch blok, Old Dutch blok, Proto-Indo-European -tós, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European bhelg'-.
blockade (English): The physical blocking or surrounding of a place,...
Definitions
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place,...
Ancestry of “blockade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 2 | French | Bloc | — |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |
Words derived from “blockade”