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Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples zel- jealousy, zeal Greek (), (zēlōtḗs) zeal, zealot, zealous zema- boil Greek (), (), , () apozema, eczema, eczematous zephyr- west wind Greek () zephyr zet- Z, z Greek , () zed, zeta zete- seek Greek (), (), () zetetic zizyph- jujube Greek () Ziziphus zo- animal, living being Greek , () 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- belt, girdle Greek (), (), (), phylozone, zonal, zone, zonohedron, zonotope, zoster zyg- (ΖΥΓ) yoke Greek (), (), (), , () azygous, diazeugma, dizygotic, heterozygote, heterozygous, hyperzeuxis, hypozeugma, hypozeuxis, mesozeugma, monozygotic, prozeugma, synezeugmenon, zeugitae, zeugma, zygoma, zygomorphic, zygomorphism, zygomycosis, zygomycota, zygon, Zygoptera, zygote zym- ferment Greek , () alloenzyme, azyme, azymite, enzyme, lysozyme, microzyme, zymase, zyme, zymogen, zymology, zymolysis, zymosis, zymotic, zymurgy References