Etymograph

English

self-isolate

From self- + isolate.

Formed from self- + isolate

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Latin īnsulātus ‘made into an island’

Italian isolato

French isolé

English isolate

Today it means

verb To quarantine or isolate oneself from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-isolate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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