Etymograph

English

lithozone

From litho- + zone.

Formed from litho- + zone

Ancient Greek λῐ́θος ‘a stone’

English litho-

Proto-Indo-European *yoh₃snéh₂

Ancient Greek ζώνη ‘belt, sash, girdle’

Latin zōna ‘belt’

English zone

Today it means

noun A lithostratigraphic unit: an interval of geological strata defined on the basis of its characteristic lithostratigraphy.

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Etymograph / lithozone