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Where does “quarantinism” come from?

quarantinism (English) comes from English quarantine, from German Quarantäne, from Russian карантинъ, from Polish kwarantanna, from French quarantaine, from Italian quarantina, from Italian quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta — and.

quarantinism (English): Support for quarantine as a means of preventing...

Definitions

  1. Support for quarantine as a means of preventing...

Ancestry of “quarantinism”, step by step

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