myEtymology.com: English etymology of quarantine

Etymology of the English word quarantine

the English word quarantine

derived from the Italian word quarantina

derived from the Italian word quaranta

derived from the Vulgar Latin word quadranta

derived from the Vulgar Latin word quadràginta

derived from the Classical Latin word quadragìnta

derived from the Late Latin word quadraginta (forty)

derived from the Latin word quattuor (four)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷetwer-

The earliest known usage of quarantine in English dates from the 17th century.

Dutch quarantaine, Dutch kwark, French quarantaine, German Quarantäne, Norwegian karantene, Provençal quarantena, Spanish cuarantena, Swedish karantän

Word found in Modern English