Etymology of the French word bloc-notes
the French word
bloc-notesderived from the Old French word
notederived from the Latin word
nota (mark, sign, letter)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gno-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gnō-derived from the English word
blockderived from the English word
blokderived from the Old French word
blocderived from the Middle word
Dutchderived from the Middle Dutch word
blokderived from the Middle Dutch word
blocDate
The earliest known usage of bloc-notes in French dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in other languages
Romanian
blocnotes