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Stage 1 of 3
quaranta
Italian · medieval
"forty"
meaning "forty"
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Stage 2 of 3
quarantena
Venetian Italian · medieval
"a forty-day isolation period"
the forty-day isolation period required of ships arriving during the plague
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Stage 3 of 3
quarantine
English · 1600s
"a period of enforced isolation to prevent disease spread"
adopted directly from Italian for enforced isolation
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