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Where does “kwarantanna” come from?

kwarantanna (Polish) comes from French quarantaine, 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- — and.

Ancestry of “kwarantanna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquarantaine—
2Italianquarantinaapproximately forty; period of forty days
3Italianquarantaforty
4Late Latinquarranta—
5Latinquadrāgintā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥̄ḱomt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷétwr̥dḱomtforty
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwr̥-four, fourfold
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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