Where does “Zone” come from?

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

Zone (German): zone

Definitions

  1. zone

Ancestry of “Zone”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Zone”

Every word from Ancient Greek ζώνη →