Everyday LifeGreek → English
Zone
An area distinguished by some characteristic.
The Greek roots
ζώνη
zṓnē
belt, girdle
Literally: “a belt”
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The story of the word
The ancients pictured the earth wrapped in climatic 'belts'; the belt-word became our zone.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
Parking is banned in the pedestrian zone.