Bloc Definition
Other Word Forms of Bloc
Noun
Origin of Bloc
-
From French bloc (“group, block”), from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old High German bloh, bloc (German Block, “block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (Norwegian bolk, “divider, partition”). More at balk.
From Wiktionary
-
French from Old French block block
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Diminutive of Bloc Québécois
From Wiktionary
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to bloc using the buttons below.