Where does “breeze-block” come from?
breeze-block (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.
breeze-block (English): A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete
Definitions
- A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete
Ancestry of “breeze-block”, step by step
breeze-block traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English block
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 2 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 3 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 4 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 5 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 7 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |
via English breeze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breeze | A light, gentle wind; Any activity that is easy,... |
| 2 | Spanish | brisa | breeze |
| 3 | Old Spanish | briza | — |
| 4 | French | brise | breeze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | French | briser | To break; snap; To become broken; snap |
| 6 | Middle French | briser | — |
| 7 | Old French | brisier | to break (cause damage to), bust |
| 8 | Frankish | bristan | to break to pieces, split, shatter; to break,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | brestaną | to burst, break, sunder, split, crack |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰres‑ | to burst; break; crack; crackle |