Where does “zone” come from?

zone (French) comes from German Zone, from Italian zona, from Spanish zona, from Portuguese zona, from Russian зо́на, from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη — belt, sash.

zone (French): zone; first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. zone; first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “zone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZonezone
2Italianzonaa zone, area or district
3Spanishzonazone, district, area
4Portuguesezonazone; area, region; mess
5Russianзо́наzone
6Latinzōnabelt, girdle
7Ancient Greekζώνηbelt, sash

Words derived from “zone

Every word from Ancient Greek ζώνη