Etymology

prozona

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Today it means: The anterior section of a body segment of a millipede. Full definition →

English zona ← Ancient Greek πρό (pró) ← Proto-Indo-European *pró
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  5. Englishpro-
  6. Englishzona
  7. English todayprozona

From pro- + zona. Piecewise doublet of prozone.

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