Where does “monobloc” come from?
monobloc (English) comes from French monobloc, 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.
monobloc (English): A forging or casting made in a single piece,...
Definitions
- A forging or casting made in a single piece,...
Ancestry of “monobloc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | monobloc | monobloc |
| 2 | French | bloc | a block; a bloc, an alliance; a pad of paper |
| 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 |