Where does “isolation” come from?
isolation (French) comes from French isoler, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin insulatus, from Latin insulare, from Latin Īnsula, from Proto-Italic enselā.
isolation (French): isolation; insulation
Ancestry of “isolation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | isoler | to isolate; to insulate |
| 2 | French | isolé | isolated; past participle of isoler; An... |
| 3 | Italian | isolato | isolated, secluded, cut off; remote, lonely;... |
| 4 | Latin | insulatus | made into an island |
| 5 | Latin | insulare | present active infinitive of īnsulō;... |
| 6 | Latin | Īnsula | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | enselā | — |
Words derived from “isolation”