Where does “قرنطینہ” come from?
قرنطینہ (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian قَرَنْطِینَه, from Ottoman Turkish قرانتینه, from Italian quarantina, from Italian quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt — and.
قرنطینہ (Urdu): quarantine
Definitions
- quarantine
Ancestry of “قرنطینہ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | قَرَنْطِینَه | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قرانتینه | quarantine |
| 3 | Italian | quarantina | approximately forty; period of forty days |
| 4 | Italian | quaranta | forty |
| 5 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 6 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |