lazzaretto

== English == === Noun === lazzaretto (plural lazzarettos) Alternative spelling of lazaretto. == Italian == === Etymology === From lazzaro (“lazar, leper”) +‎ -etto (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical character found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”, literally “God has helped”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible. Originally the name of a 14th-century leper colony and quarantine site on the island of Sta. Maria di Nazareth in Venice, now known as the Lazzaretto Vecchio, from which use spread more generally. === Noun === lazzaretto m (plural lazzaretti) a lazar house or leper colony a lazaret, a place of quarantine ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: lazaretto → Spanish: lazareto → French: lazaret → English: lazaret → Portuguese: lazareto → Silesian: lazaryt → Swedish: lasarett (“hospital”) === See also === lebbra