Where does “quarantinist” come from?
quarantinist (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.
quarantinist (English): One who supports quarantine as a means of...
Definitions
- One who supports quarantine as a means of...
Ancestry of “quarantinist”, step by step
quarantinist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quarantine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quarantine | The desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days... |
| 2 | German | Quarantäne | quarantine |
| 3 | Russian | карантинъ | — |
| 4 | Polish | kwarantanna | quarantine |
| 5 | French | quarantaine | a number or group of or about forty |
| 6 | Italian | quarantina | approximately forty; period of forty days |
| 7 | Italian | quaranta | forty |
| 8 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 9 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |