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Italian word isola comes from Latin salum
salum (Latin)
(figuratively) sea of thought, anxiety, agitation or trouble. (figuratively) the colour of the sea. (figuratively, of a river) stream, current. The (open or high) sea, main, deep, ocean. The sea in motion; waves, billow.
insula (Latin)
Island. Residential or apartment block (usually for the lower class).
*isula (Late Latin)
isola (Italian)
Island, isle.