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Where does “zona” come from?

zona (Spanish) comes from Portuguese zona, from Russian зо́на, from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη — belt, sash.

zona (Spanish): zone, district, area

Definitions

  1. zone, district, area

Ancestry of “zona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesezonazone; area, region; mess
2Russianзо́на—
3Latinzōna—
4Ancient Greekζώνηbelt, sash

Words derived from “zona”

  • ecozona
  • eurozona
  • zona
Every word from Ancient Greek ζώνη →