English
Quarantania
Quarantania comes from Latin Quarentena ‘Quarantine, Jebel Quruntul, the Mount of…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEQuarentena‘Quarantine, Jebel Quruntul, the Mount of Temptation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1872Quarantania
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEQuarentena‘Quarantine, Jebel Quruntul, the Mount of Temptation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1872Quarantania
Earliest quotation: 1872, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christus: A Mystery: “II. Mount Quarantania”.
Every English word from Latin Quarentena
Today it means
name Synonym of Mount of Temptation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Quarentena / Quarantania