Where does “requarantine” come from?
requarantine (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.
requarantine (English): To quarantine again
Definitions
- To quarantine again
Ancestry of “requarantine”, step by step
requarantine 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 re
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | re | About, regarding, with reference to; especially... |
| 2 | English | reinsurance | Insurance purchased by insurance companies that... |
| 3 | English | re- | again, anew; a completive or intensification of... |
| 4 | Middle English | re- | — |
| 5 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |