Where does “点字ブロック” come from?
点字ブロック (Japanese) comes from Japanese ブロック, from English block, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
点字ブロック (Japanese): tactile paving, tenji block
Definitions
- tactile paving, tenji block
Ancestry of “点字ブロック”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ブロック | a blockage, something in the way; block, a hard,... |
| 2 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 3 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 4 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 5 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 6 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 8 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |