Where does “bloc” come from?

bloc (Middle French) comes from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, 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.

bloc (Middle French): a considerable piece of something heavy, block

Definitions

  1. a considerable piece of something heavy, block

Ancestry of “bloc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbloclog, block
2Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
3Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
4Old Dutchbloklog
5Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
6Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “bloc”

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