Origin of Phrases - Z
Zoo
The Greek word zōion meant animal. From it was formed the modern Latin zōologia, or study of animals, which was adapted into English as zoology. Zoological was derived from this in the 19th century, and when the Zoological Society of London opened their exhibition of live wild animals in Regent's Park in 1829, they called it the Zoological Gardens. This was soon abbreviated to "the Zoological," and by the mid 1840s it had shrunk further to just "zoo."