Etymology

bloc

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Today it means: A group of voters or politicians who share common goals. Full definition →

French bloc ← Proto-West Germanic *blokk ← Proto-Germanic *blukką
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bloc · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*blukką“beam, log”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*blokk
  3. French · borrowed frombloc“group, block”
  4. English todaybloc

Borrowed from French bloc (“group, block”), ultimately of Old Dutch origin, from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). Doublet of block.

Bloc · proper noun2

Diminutive of Bloc Québécois.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*blokk all →

block

Proto-Germanic*blukką all →

block

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