English
fissionist
From fission + -ist.
Formed from fission + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‘to split’
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Proto-Italic *findō ‘to split, cleave’
Latin findō ‘split, divide’
Latin fissiō ‘the act of breaking up’
Latin fissiōnem
English fission
Today it means
noun A scientist who works on nuclear fission.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fissionist