Where does “Sperrzone” come from?
Sperrzone (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.
Sperrzone (German): exclusion zone
Definitions
- exclusion zone
Ancestry of “Sperrzone”, step by step
Sperrzone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zone | zone |
| 2 | Italian | zona | a zone, area or district |
| 3 | Spanish | zona | zone, district, area |
| 4 | Portuguese | zona | zone; area, region; mess |
| 5 | Russian | зо́на | zone |
| 6 | Latin | zōna | belt, girdle |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ζώνη | belt, sash |
via German sperren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sperren | to bar; to space out the letters of a word or... |
| 2 | Middle High German | sperren | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sperran | to put up rafters, beams; to barricade |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijaną | to bar, to block |