15th cent. From Latin zona "belt," "zone;" borrowed from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zdóne) "belt," "zone." The meaning of belt is original.
From Proto-Indo-European *i̯eh3s-neh2 "girdle." From the root *i̯eh3s- "to gird."
Romance
Galician zona, Catalan zona, French zone, Italian zona, Romanian zonă
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