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Where does “quarantine” come from?

quarantine (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.

quarantine (Italian): plural of quarantina

Definitions

  1. plural of quarantina

Ancestry of “quarantine”, step by step

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