Where does “karantini” come from?
karantini (Swahili) comes from English quarantine, from German Quarantäne, from Russian карантинъ, from Polish kwarantanna, from French quarantaine, from Italian quarantina, from Italian quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta — and.
karantini (Swahili): quarantine
Definitions
- quarantine
Ancestry of “karantini”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quarantine | The desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days... |
| 2 | German | Quarantäne | quarantine |
| 3 | Russian | карантинъ | — |
| 4 | Polish | kwarantanna | quarantine |
| 5 | French | quarantaine | a number or group of or about forty |
| 6 | Italian | quarantina | approximately forty; period of forty days |
| 7 | Italian | quaranta | forty |
| 8 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 9 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |