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Where does “bloccare” come from?

bloccare (Italian) 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.

bloccare (Italian): to block, block up, block off; to isolate; to...

Definitions

  1. to block, block up, block off; to isolate; to...

Ancestry of “bloccare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bloccare”

  • portablocco
  • interblocco
  • sbloccare
  • bloccabile
  • sbloccarsi
  • monoblocco
  • bloccardo
  • blocco
  • antiblocco
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