Where does “microblock” come from?

microblock (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.

microblock (English): An extremely small block

Definitions

  1. An extremely small block

Ancestry of “microblock”, step by step

microblock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English block

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblockA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece...
2FrenchBlocBloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)
3Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
4Old Frenchbloclog, block
5Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
6Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
7Old Dutchbloklog
8Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
9Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'-Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką