Where does “unblockage” come from?
unblockage (English) comes from English blockage, 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.
unblockage (English): The process by which something is unblocked
Definitions
- The process by which something is unblocked
Ancestry of “unblockage”, step by step
unblockage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blockage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blockage | The state of being blocked; A thing that is... |
| 2 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 3 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 4 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 5 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 6 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 8 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |