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Where does “isolable” come from?

isolable (English) comes from English isolate, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin insulatus, from Latin insulare, from Latin Īnsula, from Proto-Italic enselā.

isolable (English): Able to be isolated

Definitions

  1. Able to be isolated

Ancestry of “isolable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishisolateTo set apart or cut off from others; To place in...
2Frenchisoléisolated; past participle of isoler; An...
3Italianisolatoisolated, secluded, cut off; remote, lonely;...
4Latininsulatusmade into an island
5Latininsularepresent active infinitive of īnsulō;...
6LatinĪnsula—
7Proto-Italicenselā—

Words derived from “isolable”

  • nonisolable
  • isolably
  • unisolable
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