Where does “Fußgängerzone” come from?

Fußgängerzone (German) 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.

Fußgängerzone (German): pedestrian zone

Definitions

  1. pedestrian zone

Ancestry of “Fußgängerzone”, step by step

Fußgängerzone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zone

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

via German Fußgänger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFußgängerpedestrian, walker
2Middle High Germanvuozgenger—
Every word from Ancient Greek ζώνη →Every word from Latin zōna →Every word from Russian зо́на →