List of Greek and Latin roots in English/Z

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Root	Meaning in English	Origin language	Etymology (root origin)	English examples
zel-^[1]	jealousy, zeal	Greek	ζῆλος (zêlos), ζηλωτής, ζηλωτοῦ (zēlōtḗs)	zeal, zealot, zealous
zema-^[2]	boil	Greek	ζεῖν (zeîn), ζεστός (zestós), ζέσις, ζέμα, ζέματος (zéma, zématos)	apozema, eczema, eczematous
zephyr-^[3]	west wind	Greek	Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros)	zephyr
zet-^[4]	Z, z	Greek	Ζ, ζ, ζῆτα (zêta)	zed, zeta
zete-^[5]	seek	Greek	ζητεῖν (zēteîn), ζητητός (zētētós), ζητητικός (zētētikós)	zetetic
zizyph-^[6]	jujube	Greek	ζίζυφον (zízuphon)	Ziziphus
zo-^[7]	animal, living being	Greek	ζῶ, ζῷον (zôion)	anthrozoology, azoic, azotemia, cryptozoology, ectozoon, entozoon, epizoon, Eumetazoa, Mesozoic, Metazoa, protozoa, zoanthropy, zodiac, zoic, zoo, zoochore, zoogamete, zoogeography, zooid/zoöid, zoologic, zoology, zoomorphism, zoon, zoonosis, zoophagy, zoopoetics, zoospore, zootoxin, zooxanthella
zon-^[8]	belt, girdle	Greek	ζωννύναι (zōnnúnai), ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr), ζῶστρον	phylozone, zonal, zone, zonohedron, zonotope, zoster
zyg-^[9] (ΖΥΓ)^[10]	yoke	Greek	ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai), ζεῦγμα (zeûgma), ζυγωτός (zugōtós), ζυγός , ζυγόν (zugón)	azygous, diazeugma, dizygotic, heterozygote, heterozygous, hyperzeuxis, hypozeugma, hypozeuxis, mesozeugma, monozygotic, prozeugma, synezeugmenon, zeugitae, zeugma, zygoma, zygomorphic, zygomorphism, zygomycosis, zygomycota, zygon, Zygoptera, zygote
zym-^[11]	ferment	Greek	ζέω, ζύμη (zúmē)	alloenzyme, azyme, azymite, enzyme, lysozyme, microzyme, zymase, zyme, zymogen, zymology, zymolysis, zymosis, zymotic, zymurgy

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[1] ζῆλος in Liddell and Scott

[2] ζέω in Liddell and Scott

[3] Ζέφυρος in Liddell and Scott

[4] ζῆτα in Liddell and Scott

[5] ζητέω in Liddell and Scott

[6] ζίζυφον in Liddell and Scott

[7] ζῶ in Liddell and Scott

[8] ζώννυμι in Liddell and Scott

[9] ζεύγνυμι in Liddell and Scott

[10] ζεύγνυμι in Middle Liddell and Scott

[11] ζέω in Liddell and Scott

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