English

houseblock

From house + block.

A compound of house + block

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

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

Today it means

noun A group of houses.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / houseblock