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...
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- The desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days...
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