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Where does “zóna” come from?

zóna (Hungarian) 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.

zóna (Hungarian): zone

Definitions

  1. zone

Ancestry of “zóna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZonezone
2Italianzonaa zone, area or district
3Spanishzonazone, district, area
4Portuguesezonazone; area, region; mess
5Russianзо́на—
6Latinzōna—
7Ancient Greekζώνηbelt, sash

Words derived from “zóna”

  • időzóna
  • zónák
Every word from Ancient Greek ζώνη →