Where does “blokess” come from?
blokess (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.
blokess (English): A woman
Definitions
- A woman
Ancestry of “blokess”, step by step
blokess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bloke
| 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 | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 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 | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |