zo– {animal life}: azote, Cenozoic, cryptozoology , Mesozoic, Paleozoic, protozoan, spermatozoon, zodiac, zoo, zoolatry, zoology, zoon, zoonosis, zoophilia, zoophyte, zooplankton ●compare phyt– || 
Gr zōion : animal
zucch– {gourd}: zucchetto, zucchini || It zucca : gourd
zyg– {pair, yoke}: syzygy, zygodactyl, zygogenesis, zygomatic, zygomorphic, zygospore, zygote || Gr zygon : yoke IE *yugo– *yeug– : to join 
OE geoc : yoke
zym– {fermentation, yeast}: enzyme, zymase, zyme, zymogenesis, zymology, zymolysis, zymurgy || Gr zymē : leavening
* Unattested, hypothesized
† Unknown origin
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