## Meanings
1. to separate someone or something from others
2. to keep someone apart so that they have little contact with other people
3. to separate a single substance or thing from a mixture in order to study it

## Examples
- Doctors decided to isolate the patient to stop the infection from spreading.
- His extreme views isolated him from the rest of the group.
- Scientists managed to isolate the gene responsible for the disease.

## Derived Forms
- coisolate
- deisolate
- immunoisolate
- isolant
- isolatee
- nonisolate
- oligoisolating
- preisolate
- reisolate
- subisolate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: isolé
- Root: isolato
- Root: īnsulatus

## Etymology
Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulatus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

## AI Etymology
Isolate is a back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulatus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Important historical forms include French isolé, Italian isolato, and Latin īnsulatus. In present-day use, it can mean to separate someone or something from others, or to keep someone apart so that they have little contact with other people. Derived formations include coisolate, deisolate, immunoisolate, isolant, isolatee.

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