Etymology

-zoon

Today it means: Forming nouns indicating individual members of taxonomic groups whose names end in -zoa. Full definition →

Latin -zoon ← Ancient Greek ζῷον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromζῷον“animal”
  2. Latin · derived from-zoon
  3. English today-zoon

From Latin -zoon, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekζῷον all →

zoologyzoonzoonosiszoo-zooeciumzoophagazoothomezooticzooxanthella

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.