Where does “Zone” come from?
Zone (English) comes from French zone, from German Zone, from Italian zona, from Spanish zona, from Portuguese zona, from Russian зо́на, from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη — belt, sash.
Ancestry of “Zone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | zone | zone; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | German | Zone | zone |
| 3 | Italian | zona | a zone, area or district |
| 4 | Spanish | zona | zone, district, area |
| 5 | Portuguese | zona | zone; area, region; mess |
| 6 | Russian | зо́на | — |
| 7 | Latin | zōna | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ζώνη | belt, sash |