Where does “bloquista” come from?
bloquista (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese bloco, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok, from Proto-West Germanic blokk — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
bloquista (Portuguese): of or relating to the Portuguese party Left Bloc
Definitions
- of or relating to the Portuguese party Left Bloc
Ancestry of “bloquista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | bloco | block |
| 2 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 3 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 4 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 5 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 7 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |