Where does “sbloccare” come from?
sbloccare (Italian) comes from Italian bloccare, 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'- — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
sbloccare (Italian): to unblock; to free
Definitions
- to unblock; to free
Ancestry of “sbloccare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bloccare | to block, block up, block off; to isolate; to... |
| 2 | French | bloquer | to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct |
| 3 | Old French | bloquer | — |
| 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 |