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Where does “immunoblockade” come from?

immunoblockade (English) comes from English blockade, 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 — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

immunoblockade (English): blockade of a biochemical or immunological...

Definitions

  1. blockade of a biochemical or immunological...

Ancestry of “immunoblockade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblockadeThe physical blocking or surrounding of a place,...
2EnglishblockA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece...
3FrenchBloc—
4Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
5Old Frenchbloclog, block
6Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
7Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
8Old Dutchbloklog
9Proto-West Germanicblokk—
10Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop
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