The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromζώνη“girdle”
- English todayperizonium
From peri- (“around”) + Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle”) + -ium (“structure”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekζώνη all →
zoneshingleszonure
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.