Etymograph

English

bloc

Bloc may come from French bloc ‘group, block’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentbloc‘group, block’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentbloc‘group, block’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

Earliest quotation: 2020, Geoffrey Skelley, Two Special Elections On Tuesday Could Hint At Another Blue : “But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- ‘to balk, beam’

budget, fool, belly, folly, bolster, bulge, budge, follies, bellows, follicle, billow, 14 more

Today it means

noun A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.

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Etymograph / French bloc / bloc

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