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Where does “blocker” come from?

Blocker is derived from English block plus the agent suffix -er, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- meaning to swell or bulge.

blocker (English): Agent noun of block; something that blocks...

Definitions

  1. Agent noun of block; something that blocks...

Ancestry of “blocker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblockento block
2Germanblock—
3Middle High Germanbloc—
4Old High Germanblocblock
5Proto-Germanic*blokk—
6Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “blocker”

  • ganglioblocker
  • adblocker
  • cockblocker
  • antiblocker
  • adblocker
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- →