Where does “quarantena” come from?

quarantena (Italian) comes from Italian quarantina, from Italian quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres — and.

quarantena (Italian): quarantine; period of forty days

Definitions

  1. quarantine; period of forty days

Ancestry of “quarantena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianquarantinaapproximately forty; period of forty days
2Italianquarantaforty
3Late Latinquarranta
4Latinquadrāgintāforty; 40
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “quarantena

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-