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| Aug 17, 2017 at 18:09 | comment | added | jjmontes | You are right there is a connection: insula is latin for island and still valid Spanish. English insulate does indeed come from that latin word. On the other hand, isolate apparently comes through French and Italian, but still from the same word insula. It's easy for romance-based language speakers to mix the two. In English they have different meanings ( ngram comparison ). | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 12:48 | comment | added | crobar | Your answer sparked a chuckle from me. | |
| Aug 17, 2017 at 9:22 | history | answered | XavierStuvw | CC BY-SA 3.0 |