Where does “isolation” come from?

Isolation derives from French isolation, from French isolé meaning "isolated," from Latin insula meaning "island," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European en meaning "in."

isolation (English): The state of being isolated, detached, or...

Definitions

  1. The state of being isolated, detached, or...

Ancestry of “isolation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchisolationisolation; insulation
2Frenchisolerto isolate; to insulate
3Frenchisoléisolated; past participle of isoler; An...
4Italianisolatoisolated, secluded, cut off; remote, lonely;...
5Latininsulatusmade into an island
6Latininsularepresent active infinitive of īnsulō;...
7LatinĪnsula
8Proto-Italicenselā

Words derived from “isolation

Every word from Proto-Italic enselā