Etymology

chronozone

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Today it means: A group of strata formed during the same chron of geologic time Full definition →

English zone ← Latin zōna ← Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
  2. Englishchrono-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yeh₃s-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*yoh₃snéh₂
  5. Ancient Greekζώνη (zṓnē)
  6. Latinzōna
  7. Englishzone
  8. English todaychronozone

From chrono- + zone.

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