Jumpstart – 40 Doesn’t Always Mean 40

During the Black Death pandemic of the 14th century, Venetian officials refused to allow newly-arriving sailors to disembark for a period of 40 days (“quaranta giorni” in Latin) to make sure no one on board had the plague. Our word quarantine comes from the Latin word for 40 (quaranta) and, interestingly enough, the number 40 […]

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