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Where does “T-zone” come from?

T-zone (English) comes from English Zone, from French zone, from German Zone, from Italian zona, from Spanish zona, from Portuguese zona, from Russian зо́на, from Latin zōna — belt, sash.

T-zone (English): The forehead and nose considered together as a...

Definitions

  1. The forehead and nose considered together as a...

Ancestry of “T-zone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishZone—
2Frenchzonezone; first-person singular present indicative of...
3GermanZonezone
4Italianzonaa zone, area or district
5Spanishzonazone, district, area
6Portuguesezonazone; area, region; mess
7Russianзо́на—
8Latinzōna—
9Ancient Greekζώνηbelt, sash
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