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Where does “bloquer” come from?

bloquer (French) comes from Old French bloquer, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok, from Proto-West Germanic blokk, from Proto-Germanic blukką, from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'-, from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.

bloquer (French): to block , to barricade, to obstruct; to jam, to...

Definitions

  1. to block , to barricade, to obstruct; to jam, to...

Ancestry of “bloquer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbloquer—
2Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
3Old Dutchbloklog
4Proto-West Germanicblokk—
5Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “bloquer”

  • blocage
  • bloquear
  • bloqueo
  • antibloqueo
  • bloccaggio
  • antibloccaggio
  • déblocage
  • blocage
  • désimbloquer
  • antiblocage
  • débloquer
  • Blockierung
  • blockieren
  • bloca
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- →