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Where does “bloqueo” come from?

bloqueo (Spanish) comes from Spanish bloquear, 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.

bloqueo (Spanish): blockade; blockage; locking

Definitions

  1. blockade; blockage; locking

Ancestry of “bloqueo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbloquearto block; to block , to barricade, to obstruct;...
2Frenchbloquerto block , to barricade, to obstruct; to jam, to...
3Old Frenchbloquer—
4Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
5Old Dutchbloklog
6Proto-West Germanicblokk—
7Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

Words derived from “bloqueo”

  • antibloqueo
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