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isolani
Isolani comes from Italian isolano ‘islander’, and goes back to Ancient Greek νῆσος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνῆσοςnêsos‘island’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsula‘island’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsulānus‘of or pertaining to an island’
- Italianc. 1300–presentisolano‘islander’
- Englishtodayisolani
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνῆσοςnêsos‘island’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsula‘island’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsulānus‘of or pertaining to an island’
- Italianc. 1300–presentisolano‘islander’
- Englishtodayisolani
The story
Coined by Aron Nimzowitsch, from Italian isolano (‘islander’).
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, 21 more
through Latin īnsula ‘island’
Today it means
noun A queen's pawn with no pawns of the same colour on the adjacent files.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek νῆσος / isolani