Thursday, March 5, 2020

OBQ 1454: Doing it the way the Italians do.

This is about origin of a word.

Here is a picture of  an Italian port where some ships coming from far away places were kept at sea for a certain amount of time before they were let in the port. This practice is still in place more than 300 years after its origin.

Name the term that is very commonly used these days and has an Italian origin.

Answer: Quarantine



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