The Latin is Forty

[rockytopva]

The Latin word for forty is quarantina. Does that mean we are shut-ins for fourty days?

 

[rockytopva]

I heard that our word quarantine comes from 'quarantina' because they would ask crews of ships to stay on board forty days when docking in a harbor to prevent spreading diseases from abroad. Imagine if we had done that still today? Things like COVID-19 would certainly have been more manageable, but it sure would be a pain!

 

[Enoch111]

The Latin word for forty is quarantina. Does that mean we are shut-ins for fourty days?

That should be the limit. The number forty is in the Bible several times and signifies a time of probation or testing.

An Israeli researcher has examined the COVID-19 infections in many countries and noted that it consistently peaks in six weeks (about 40 days) and declines within eight week. Regardless of quarantine or no quarantine.

 

[BlessedCreator]

Reminds of the latin words on the United States dollar bills "annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum" which translates to roughly the birth of the new world order.