Where does “blokedom” come from?
blokedom (English) comes from English bloke, from Irish ploc, from English block, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
blokedom (English): The world or sphere of blokes
Definitions
- The world or sphere of blokes
Ancestry of “blokedom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | bloke | An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent... |
| 2 | Irish | ploc | large, stubborn person |
| 3 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 4 | French | Bloc | — |
| 5 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 6 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 7 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 9 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |