Etymology

zonule

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Today it means: A little zone, or girdle; a zonula. Full definition →

Latin zōnula
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromzōnula“small belt or girdle”
  2. English todayzonule

From Latin zōnula (“small belt or girdle”). By surface analysis, zone + -ule. Doublet of zonula.

Words from the same roots

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