English
blocker
Blocker comes from Middle English blocker.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blocker
- Englishearliest quotation 1992blocker
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500blocker
- Englishearliest quotation 1992blocker
Earliest quotation: 1992, Joan Guiducci, Joan Guiducci's power calling: “Sometimes your sales progress skids to a halt. We've…”
Formed from block + -er
Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ‘thick plank’
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Old Dutch *blok ‘log’
Middle Dutch blok ‘treetrunk’
Old French bloc ‘log’
Middle English blok ‘log’
English block
Every English word from Middle English blocker
Today it means
noun One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English blocker / blocker