The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromοὐρά“tail”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromζώνη“girdle, belt”
- English todayzonure
From translingual Zonurus, from zon- (“girdle, belt”), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”) + -urus (“-tailed”), from Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekζώνη all →
zoneshinglesperizonium
Ancient Greekοὐρά all →
anuranuriteuro-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.