Words that come from Ancient Greek “ζέω”

178 words across 17 languages descend from Ancient Greek ζέω — including enzyme, zest, enzymatic, eczema, coenzyme, zymic, zeolite, lysozyme.

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English (118)

Italian (14)

French (10)

Ancient Greek (8)

Greek (7)

Latin (3)

Late Latin (3)

Danish (2)

Ido (2)

Spanish (2)

Romanian (2)

German (2)

Esperanto (1)

Portuguese (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Byzantine Greek (1)