Where does “erogenous zone” come from?
erogenous zone (English) comes from English erogenous, from English -genous, from English -gen, from French -gène, from Latin -genus, from Ancient Greek -γενής, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
erogenous zone (English): A part of the human body that is particularly...
Definitions
- A part of the human body that is particularly...
Ancestry of “erogenous zone”, step by step
erogenous zone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English erogenous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | erogenous | Sensitive to sexual arousal; Causing sexual... |
| 2 | English | -genous | Producing or yielding |
| 3 | English | -gen | A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen |
| 4 | French | -gène | -gen, -genic |
| 5 | Latin | -genus | born from, sprung form |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γενής | born in a certain place or condition; of a kind |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English Zone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Zone | Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles) |
| 2 | French | zone | zone; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | German | Zone | zone |
| 4 | Italian | zona | a zone, area or district |
| 5 | Spanish | zona | zone, district, area |
| 6 | Portuguese | zona | zone; area, region; mess |
| 7 | Russian | зо́на | zone |
| 8 | Latin | zōna | belt, girdle |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ζώνη | belt, sash |