Etymology

metazone

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Today it means: The posterior zone of the pronotum in an insect of the family Acrididae or Gryllidae. Full definition →

English zone ← Latin zōna ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)
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  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Latinzōna
  5. Englishzone
  6. English todaymetazone

From meta- + zone. Piecewise doublet of metazona.

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