Quarantine
Derived from the french word for the number forty, quarante, and the suffix -aine, which loosely translates to “-ish.” When a ship would come into port that was suspected of carrying an infectious disease, it was placed under “quarantaine,” meaning it was not to have any contact with the shore for a period roughly 40 days. It later evolved to mean any isolation based on a risk of an infection.
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