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Etymology From Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old Frisian blok, Old Saxon blok, Old High German bloh, bloc (“block”), Old English bolca (“gangway…

Etymology From Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognates include English at. Pronunciation (Classical) IPA(key): /ad/, [äd̪] (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad/, [äd̪] Preposition[edit] ad (+ accusative) (direction) toward, to up to (indicating direction upwards) near, by, close by, at, to (indicating location) q against, on, upon (indicating position) at, about, around, on, in (indicating a point in time) until, to, up to, till (indicating the extent…