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Where does “nonquarantinable” come from?

nonquarantinable (English) comes from English quarantinable, from English quarantine, from German Quarantäne, from Russian карантинъ, from Polish kwarantanna, from French quarantaine, from Italian quarantina, from Italian quaranta — and.

nonquarantinable (English): Not quarantinable

Definitions

  1. Not quarantinable

Ancestry of “nonquarantinable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquarantinableSubject to quarantine; under quarantine
2EnglishquarantineThe desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days...
3GermanQuarantäne—
4Russianкарантинъ—
5Polishkwarantanna—
6Frenchquarantaine—
7Italianquarantinaapproximately forty; period of forty days
8Italianquarantaforty
9Late Latinquarranta—
10Latinquadrāgintā—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
14Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
15Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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