Where does “zontuko” come from?
zontuko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto zono, from English Zone, from French zone, from German Zone, from Italian zona, from Spanish zona, from Portuguese zona, from Russian зо́на — belt, sash.
zontuko (Esperanto): loincloth
Definitions
- loincloth
Ancestry of “zontuko”, step by step
zontuko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto zono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | zono | belt; waist; zone |
| 2 | 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) |
| 3 | French | zone | zone; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | German | Zone | zone |
| 5 | Italian | zona | a zone, area or district |
| 6 | Spanish | zona | zone, district, area |
| 7 | Portuguese | zona | zone; area, region; mess |
| 8 | Russian | зо́на | zone |
| 9 | Latin | zōna | belt, girdle |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ζώνη | belt, sash |