Etymology of “Σχίζω”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from Ancient Greek
Source language
Ancient Greek
Ancestry links
1
Descendants
23
Word Origin Summary
Σχίζω is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- შიზოფრენია
Georgian · derived from
- schizofreni
Norwegian Nynorsk · derived from
- schizochroal
English · derived from
- šizofrenija
Lithuanian · derived from
- schizocoele
English · derived from
- esquizofrenia
Spanish · derived from
- trichoschisis
English · derived from
- schist
English · derived from
What You Can Explore
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- 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root