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
- feminine plural of isolato; second-person plural...
Ancestry of “isolate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | isolare | to isolate, cut off, confine; to insulate,... |
| 2 | Latin | insulatus | made into an island |
| 3 | Latin | insulare | present active infinitive of īnsulō;... |
| 4 | Latin | Īnsula | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | enselā | — |