English
isolate
Isolate comes from Italian isolato, and goes back to Latin īnsulātus ‘made into an island’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsulātus‘made into an island’
- Italianc. 1300–presentisolato
- Frenchc. 1600–presentisolé
- Englishearliest quotation 1871isolate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsulātus‘made into an island’
- Italianc. 1300–presentisolato
- Frenchc. 1600–presentisolé
- Englishearliest quotation 1871isolate
Earliest quotation: 1871, English Patents of Inventions, Specifications: 1871: “To isolate the petroline the condensed oil is distilled…”
Linked words
through Latin īnsulātus ‘made into an island’
Today it means
verb To set apart or cut off from others.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin īnsulātus / isolate