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Ballot and ballottaggio
There's a Venetian heritage to US voting.
The Venetian lawmakers voted by casting a small ball in a vase. That ball, a balote, became a ballot in the United States.
#ConsiglioMaggiore #VenetianLanguage #VenetianWords #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/social-media/ballot-and-ballottaggio/
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Quarantine – forty days of isolation
Quarantine is derived from the Venetian (and Italian) word for forty, because the quarantine period on the Lazzaretto Nuovo ended up around forty days.
#language #lazzarettonuovo #plague #venetian-language #venetian-words #venezia #venice
https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/04/quarantine-forty-days-of-isolation/