Where does “Isola” come from?

Isola (English) comes from Italian isola, from Vulgar Latin isula, from Latin Īnsula, from Proto-Italic enselā.

Ancestry of “Isola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianisolaisland, isle; third-person singular present of...
2Vulgar Latinisula—
3LatinĪnsula—
4Proto-Italicenselā—
Every word from Proto-Italic enselā →Every word from Latin Īnsula →Every word from Vulgar Latin isula →