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Where does “zone” come from?

Zone comes from Latin zona, derived from Ancient Greek ζώνη, meaning a belt or girdle worn around the body.

zone (English): Each of the five regions of the earth's surface...

Definitions

  1. Each of the five regions of the earth's surface...

Ancestry of “zone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinzonabelt, girdle; zone
2Ancient Greekζώνηbelt, sash

Words derived from “zone”

  • zoning
  • zonal
  • zonation
  • Eurozone
  • eurozone
  • timezone
  • rezone
  • subzone
  • biozone
  • zonally
  • multizone
  • microzonation
  • interzone
  • midzone
  • interzonal
  • zonality
  • ecozone
  • azonal
  • intrazonal
  • microzone
  • zonary
  • chronozone
  • polyzonal
  • subzonal
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