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PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 30

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 03broadNO SINGLE PIN

1617 English noun first-known-use horizon

French and Italian donors; English reception

quarantine DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

French quarantaine and Italian quarantena, both built on “forty,” contribute to English quarantine. Merriam-Webster now reports 1617 for the English noun’s first known use in the forty-day sense.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
broad
TIME PRECISION
exact
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
1
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

1617 is the reviewed English noun first-known-use year. It does not date every French or Italian donor occurrence, and it supersedes the previously stored 1663 report for this same source record.

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Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

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    Quarantine — Word History

    Traces French quarantaine and Italian quarantena from “forty” and reports 1617 for the English noun’s first known use in the forty-day sense.

    Word History: Etymology and noun First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗