Where does “zonă” come from?
zonă (Romanian) 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.
zonă (Romanian): zone
Definitions
- zone
Ancestry of “zonă”, step by step
zonă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French zone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | zone | zone; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | German | Zone | zone |
| 3 | Italian | zona | a zone, area or district |
| 4 | Spanish | zona | zone, district, area |
| 5 | Portuguese | zona | zone; area, region; mess |
| 6 | Russian | зо́на | zone |
| 7 | Latin | zōna | belt, girdle |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ζώνη | belt, sash |
via French zona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | zona | shingles; third-person singular past historic of... |