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