Where does “quarantine” come from?
Quarantine comes from Italian quarantina, derived from Italian -ina suffix and Latin quadraginta meaning forty, from Latin -inus and Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-dḱomt.
quarantine (English): The desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days...
Definitions
- The desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days...
Ancestry of “quarantine”, step by step
quarantine traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Quarantäne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Quarantäne | quarantine |
| 2 | Russian | карантинъ | — |
| 3 | Polish | kwarantanna | quarantine |
| 4 | French | quarantaine | a number or group of or about forty |
| 5 | Italian | quarantina | approximately forty; period of forty days |
| 6 | Italian | quaranta | forty |
| 7 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 8 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Medieval Latin quarentina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | quarentina | forty days |
via Middle English quarentine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | quarentine | — |