Where does “żona” come from?

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

żona (Polish): wife; woman

Definitions

  1. wife; woman

Ancestry of “żona”, step by step

żona traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French zone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchzonezone; first-person singular present indicative of...
2GermanZonezone
3Italianzonaa zone, area or district
4Spanishzonazone, district, area
5Portuguesezonazone; area, region; mess
6Russianзо́наzone
7Latinzōnabelt, girdle
8Ancient Greekζώνηbelt, sash

via Old Polish żona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishżonawoman
2Proto-Slavicženàwoman
3Proto-Balto-Slavicgénāˀwoman
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

Words derived from “żona”

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