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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

Definitions

  1. isolation; insulation

Ancestry of “isolation”, 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—

Words derived from “isolation”

  • isolation
  • isolationism
  • isolationist
  • immunoisolation
  • reisolation
  • isolationistic
  • microisolation
  • postisolation
  • isolational
  • optoisolation
  • isolationistically
  • isolationary
  • deisolation
  • izolasyon
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