Where does “Zeitzone” come from?

Zeitzone (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.

Zeitzone (German): time zone

Definitions

  1. time zone

Ancestry of “Zeitzone”, step by step

Zeitzone 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 Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

Words derived from “Zeitzone”

Every word from Ancient Greek ζώνη →Every word from Latin zōna →Every word from Russian зо́на →