Where does “isola” come from?

isola (French) comes from French isoler, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin insulatus, from Latin insulare, from Latin Īnsula, from Proto-Italic enselā.

isola (French): third-person singular past historic of isoler

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of isoler

Ancestry of “isola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchisolerto isolate; to insulate
2Frenchisoléisolated; past participle of isoler; An...
3Italianisolatoisolated, secluded, cut off; remote, lonely;...
4Latininsulatusmade into an island
5Latininsularepresent active infinitive of īnsulō;...
6LatinĪnsula—
7Proto-Italicenselā—
Every word from Proto-Italic enselā →Every word from Latin Īnsula →Every word from Latin insulare →