Where does “cinderblock” come from?
cinderblock (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.
cinderblock (English): Made of cinder blocks; Alternative form of cinder...
Definitions
- Made of cinder blocks; Alternative form of cinder...
Ancestry of “cinderblock”, step by step
cinderblock 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 cinder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cinder | Partially or mostly burnt material that results... |
| 2 | Middle English | cinder | — |
| 3 | Old English | sinder | cinder, ashes; dross, scoria, slag |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *sindr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sindrą | dross, cinder, slag |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sendʰro- | coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder;... |