Where does “nonbloc” come from?
nonbloc (English) comes from English Bloc, 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.
nonbloc (English): Not belonging or pertaining to a political bloc
Definitions
- Not belonging or pertaining to a political bloc
Ancestry of “nonbloc”, step by step
nonbloc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Bloc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bloc | Bloc Québécois |
| 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 |