ext_187996 ([identity profile] pappubahry.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] mcgillianaire 2006-05-16 10:03 pm (UTC)

Firstly, the French word is quarantaine. Secondly, the OED suggests that quarantine comes from (presumably old) Italian quarentina or French quaranta (ie, forty, not 'about forty').
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