Where does “Zonengrenze” come from?

Zonengrenze (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.

Zonengrenze (German): a border between zones; a border between the...

Definitions

  1. a border between zones; a border between the...

Ancestry of “Zonengrenze”, step by step

Zonengrenze 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 Grenze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
2Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
3Old Polishgranicaborder
4Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas
Every word from Ancient Greek ζώνη →Every word from Latin zōna →Every word from Russian зо́на →