English
rangeblock
From range + block.
Proto-Germanic *hringaz ‘ring, circle’
Frankish *hring
Old French rang ‘a rank, row’
Old French rengier ‘to range, rank’
Middle English rengen
English range
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 The blocking of access from an entire range of IP addresses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / rangeblock