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Where does “Venus zone” come from?

Venus 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.

Venus zone (English): A theoretical orbital zone around a star that...

Definitions

  1. A theoretical orbital zone around a star that...

Ancestry of “Venus 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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