====== 'Bloke' etymology ====== >Bloke (n.)\\ fellow," 1851, also //bloak//, London slang, of unknown origin, perhaps from Celtic //ploc// "large, stubborn person;" another suggestion is Romany (Gypsy) and Hindi //loke// "a man." >\\ Source : [[https://www.etymonline.com/word/bloke|Etymology online]] ''//Note:// The [[https://www.etymonline.com/|Online Etymology Dictionary]] maintains a free-access list of the origins of thousands of English words, a significant proportion of which are unknown''