Etymology

rezone

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Today it means: to change the zoning assigned to a piece of property by the planning and zoning commission of a government that determines proper and legal use for land. Full definition →

English zone ← Latin zōna ← Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē)
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*yeh₃s-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*yoh₃snéh₂
  8. Ancient Greekζώνη (zṓnē)
  9. Latinzōna
  10. Englishzone
  11. English todayrezone

From re- + zone.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.