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 (physically), to barricade, to obstruct

Definitions

  1. to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct

Ancestry of “bloquer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bloquer”

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