Where does “bloke” come from?
Bloke comes from English block, which derives from Middle English blok, Old French bloc, Middle Dutch blok, Old Dutch blok, Proto-Germanic blukką, and Proto-Indo-European bhulg-.
bloke (English): An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent...
Definitions
- An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent...
Ancestry of “bloke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | ploc | large, stubborn person |
| 2 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 3 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 4 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 5 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 6 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 8 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |