Where does “blockpate” come from?

blockpate (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.

blockpate (English): A stupid person; a blockhead

Definitions

  1. A stupid person; a blockhead

Ancestry of “blockpate”, step by step

blockpate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English block

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblockA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece...
2FrenchBlocBloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)
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 Germanicblokkblock, log
9Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

via English pâté

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpâtéA finely-ground paste of meat, fish or...
2Frenchpâtépaste; pâté
3Frenchpâtepaste; pastry; dough; batter; pastas
4Middle Frenchpaste
5Old Frenchpastépie or a similar baked good
6Latinpastapaste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of...
7Ancient Greekπαστάbarley porridge
8Ancient Greekπαστόςsprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,...
9Ancient GreekπάσσωI sprinkle
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'-