Where does “Bloc” come from?
Bloc (French) comes from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok, from Proto-West Germanic blokk, from Proto-Germanic blukką, from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'- — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
Bloc (French): Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)
Definitions
- Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)
Ancestry of “Bloc”, step by step
Bloc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French bloc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 2 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 3 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 5 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |
via German Blockhaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Blockhaus | log cabin (a small house made from logs) |
| 2 | German | haus | singular imperative of hausen; first-person... |
| 3 | Middle High German | hūs | house |
| 4 | Old High German | hūs | house |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hūs | house |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hūsą | house |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |