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Where does “isolational” come from?

isolational (English) comes from English isolation, from French isolation, from French isoler, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin insulatus, from Latin insulare, from Latin Īnsula.

isolational (English): Relating to, characterized by, isolation

Definitions

  1. Relating to, characterized by, isolation

Ancestry of “isolational”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishisolationThe state of being isolated, detached, or...
2Frenchisolationisolation; insulation
3Frenchisolerto isolate; to insulate
4Frenchisoléisolated; past participle of isoler; An...
5Italianisolatoisolated, secluded, cut off; remote, lonely;...
6Latininsulatusmade into an island
7Latininsularepresent active infinitive of īnsulō;...
8LatinĪnsula—
9Proto-Italicenselā—
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