The story
- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromσῴζειν“to save”
- English todaysozine
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῴζειν (sōízein, “to save”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sozine
Today it means: An antiseptic substance; any protein normally contained in the body of an animal and forming a natural protection against germs. Full definition →
Ancient Greek σῴζειν