English
insula
Insula comes from Latin īnsula ‘island’, and goes back to Ancient Greek νῆσος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνῆσοςnêsos‘island’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsula‘island’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007insula
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνῆσοςnêsos‘island’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsula‘island’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007insula
Earliest quotation: 2007, Sandra Blakeslee, A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects: “All mammals have insulas that read their body condition,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- ‘to flow, to swim’
nurse, naval, navigation, navigate, nausea, nutrient, nurture, navigator, nutritious, navigable, nao, nourish, nau, astronautics, 24 more
Today it means
noun A block of buildings in a Roman town.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek νῆσος / insula