English word isolate is formed from English isolated, which comes via Italian insolato from Latin insula (island), and later Latin insulo (I make into an island)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| -atam | Latin (lat) | |
| insula | Latin (lat) | Island. Residential or apartment block (usually for the lower class). |
| insulo | Latin (lat) | I make into an island. |
| insulatus | Latin (lat) | Made into an island. |
| insolato | Italian (it) | |
| isolé | French (fr) | (cycling) An independent rider in the Tour de France. Isolated. |
| isolated | English (en) | (chess, of a pawn) Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.. (medicine) Which has been extracted from the organism.. (meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 10 percent to 20 percent of a forecast zone.. Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation. |
| isolate | English (en) | (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.. (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.. (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.. (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure [...] |