English
fissiparous
Fissiparous comes from New Latin fissiparus.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900fissiparus
- Englishearliest quotation 1868fissiparous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900fissiparus
- Englishearliest quotation 1868fissiparous
Earliest quotation: 1868, Charles Darwin, Provisional Hypothesis of Pangenesis: “Reproduction may be divided into two main classes, namely,…”
A compound of fissus ‘split, cleft’ + pariō ‘to bring forth’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‘to split’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós ‘split, cloven’
New Latin fissus ‘split, cleft’
Every English word from New Latin fissiparus
Today it means
adj Factious, tending to break into pieces.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin fissiparus / fissiparous