Where does “désimbloquer” come from?

désimbloquer (French) comes from French bloquer, 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.

désimbloquer (French): to unblock

Definitions

  1. to unblock

Ancestry of “désimbloquer”, step by step

désimbloquer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bloquer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbloquerto block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct
2Old Frenchbloquer—
3Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
4Old Dutchbloklog
5Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
6Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

via French SIM

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSIM—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką →