The story
- Latin · derived frominsula
- Old French · derived fromille
- Middle English · inherited fromile
- English todayisle
From Middle English ile, yle (with s added, similar to English island), borrowed from Old French ille, idle, isle, from Latin insula. Not related to island. Doublet of insula.
Words from the same roots
Latininsula all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.