Where does “isolasjon” come from?
isolasjon (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk isolere, from Italian isolare, from Latin insulatus, from Latin insulare, from Latin Īnsula, from Proto-Italic enselā.
isolasjon (Norwegian Nynorsk): isolation; insulation
Ancestry of “isolasjon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | isolere | to isolate; to insulate |
| 2 | Italian | isolare | to isolate, cut off, confine; to insulate,... |
| 3 | Latin | insulatus | made into an island |
| 4 | Latin | insulare | present active infinitive of īnsulō;... |
| 5 | Latin | Īnsula | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | enselā | — |