myEtymology.com: English etymology of breechblock

Etymology of the English word breechblock

the English word breechblock

derived from the English word block

derived from the English word blok

derived from the Old French word bloc

derived from the Middle word Dutch

derived from the Middle Dutch word blok

derived from the Middle Dutch word bloc

derived from the English word breech

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhreg-