Where does “quarantaine” come from?
quarantaine (Dutch) comes from French quarantaine, from Italian quarantina, from Italian quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥- — and.
quarantaine (Dutch): a quarantine, sanitary measure of isolating infected people; its duration or site
Definitions
- a quarantine, sanitary measure of isolating infected people; its duration or site
Ancestry of “quarantaine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | quarantaine | a number or group of or about forty |
| 2 | Italian | quarantina | approximately forty; period of forty days |
| 3 | Italian | quaranta | forty |
| 4 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 5 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |