Where does “การบล็อก” come from?

การบล็อก (Thai) comes from Thai บล็อก, 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.

การบล็อก (Thai): blocking

Definitions

  1. blocking

Ancestry of “การบล็อก”, step by step

การบล็อก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai บล็อก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiบล็อกblog; rectangular object such as brick; group of...
2EnglishblockA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece...
3FrenchBlocBloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)
4Middle Frenchbloca considerable piece of something heavy, block
5Old Frenchbloclog, block
6Dutchbloka block; a street block; a political bloc
7Middle Dutchbloktreetrunk
8Old Dutchbloklog
9Proto-West Germanicblokkblock, log
10Proto-Germanicblukkąblock, log
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbhulg'-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbhelg'-thick plank, beam, pile, prop

via Thai การ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiการwork; matter; task; affair; prefixed to nouns to...
2Palikāradeed; doing, manner; production, application
3Sanskritकारgain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhelg'-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhulg'-Every word from Proto-Germanic blukką