Where does “zono” come from?
zono (Ido) comes from Esperanto zono, from English Zone, from French zone, from German Zone, from Italian zona, from Spanish zona, from Portuguese zona, from Russian зо́на — belt, sash.
zono (Ido): girdle, belt, waistband, sash; zone
Definitions
- girdle, belt, waistband, sash; zone
Ancestry of “zono”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | zono | belt; waist; zone |
| 2 | English | Zone | — |
| 3 | French | zone | zone; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | German | Zone | zone |
| 5 | Italian | zona | a zone, area or district |
| 6 | Spanish | zona | zone, district, area |
| 7 | Portuguese | zona | zone; area, region; mess |
| 8 | Russian | зо́на | — |
| 9 | Latin | zōna | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ζώνη | belt, sash |
Words derived from “zono”