The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromζέω“boil”
- Medieval Greek · derived fromζέον“zeon; boiling”
- English todayzeon
From Medieval Greek ζέον (zéon, “zeon; boiling”), from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “boil”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekζέω all →
zeolite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.