English
Quarentena
Quarentena comes from Latin Quarentena ‘Quarantine, Jebel Quruntul, the Mount of…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEQuarentena‘Quarantine, Jebel Quruntul, the Mount of Temptation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1759same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEQuarentena‘Quarantine, Jebel Quruntul, the Mount of Temptation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1759same form
Earliest quotation: 1759, translating Johannes Aegidius van Egmont, Asia Minor: “We went up mount Quarantena in company with ſome…”
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 / Quarentena