Where does “unblocked” come from?
unblocked (English) comes from English unblock, 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.
unblocked (English): Not blocked; past participle of unblock
Definitions
- Not blocked; past participle of unblock
Ancestry of “unblocked”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unblock | To remove or clear a block or obstruction from;... |
| 2 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 3 | French | Bloc | — |
| 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 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |