Where does “żonobójca” come from?

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

żonobójca (Polish): uxoricide

Definitions

  1. uxoricide

Ancestry of “żonobójca”, step by step

żonobójca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish żona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżonawife; woman
2Frenchzonezone; first-person singular present indicative of...
3GermanZonezone
4Italianzonaa zone, area or district
5Spanishzonazone, district, area
6Portuguesezonazone; area, region; mess
7Russianзо́наzone
8Latinzōnabelt, girdle
9Ancient Greekζώνηbelt, sash

via Polish bić

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbićto beat
2Proto-Slavicbìtito beat
3Proto-Balto-Slavicbī́ˀteito beat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut

Words derived from “żonobójca

Every word from Ancient Greek ζώνηEvery word from Latin zōnaEvery word from Russian зо́на