Etymograph

English

zona

Zona comes from Latin zōna ‘belt, girdle’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₃s-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yoh₃snéh₂1reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζώνη1zṓnē‘belt, sash’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEzōna2‘belt, girdle’
  5. Englishtodayzona2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin zona
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English zona

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₃s-Wiktionary, Latin zonareconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yoh₃snéh₂Wiktionary, Latin zonareconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζώνηWiktionary, Latin zonazṓnē‘belt, sash’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEzōnaWiktionary, English zona‘belt, girdle’
  5. EnglishtodayzonaWiktionary, English zona

Linked words

through Latin zōna ‘belt, girdle’

zone, 2 more

Today it means

noun A zone or band; a layer.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “zona”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin zona. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s- / zona

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