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http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/quarantine-etymology/(permalink)

Author: snopescom

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2020-04-23

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The word "quarantine" stems from the Italian word for "forty," representing the number of days persons potentially exposed to communicable diseases had to remain in isolation.

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