Where does “isolate” come from?

isolate (Italian) comes from Italian isolare, from Latin insulatus, from Latin insulare, from Latin Īnsula, from Proto-Italic enselā.

isolate (Italian): feminine plural of isolato; second-person plural...

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of isolato; second-person plural...

Ancestry of “isolate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianisolareto isolate, cut off, confine; to insulate,...
2Latininsulatusmade into an island
3Latininsularepresent active infinitive of īnsulō;...
4LatinĪnsula—
5Proto-Italicenselā—
Every word from Proto-Italic enselā →Every word from Latin Īnsula →Every word from Latin insulare →