Noun: zoon
| Singular | zoon |
| Plural | zoa; zoons |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like zoon
periuranion,
tetradrachmon,
elementary cellular automaton,
paregmenon,
pyramidion,
trisagion,
rhombicuboctahedron,
nychthemeron,
monohedron,
subtaxon,
enneadecahedron,
pseudorhombicuboctahedron,
hexakisoctahedron,
tetrahedron,
polyptoton,
hexaemeron,
hexadecahedron,
aphelion,
hexahedron,
snub dodecahedron, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
3. Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os
4. Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós
5. Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós)
6. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
7. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
8. Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)
9. Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
10. Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der.
11. New Latin zōonbor.
12. English zoon
13. First adopted by Herbert Spencer in Principles of Biology (see 1864 quotation): from New Latin zōon, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ζῷον'.