English
schismatic
Schismatic comes from Ancient Greek σχίσμα ‘cleft, division’, from σχῐ́ζω ‘to split’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skeyd-‘to split, to divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*skid-yé-tireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχῐ́ζωskhĭ́zō‘to split’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχίσμαskhísma‘cleft, division’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχισματικόςskhismatikós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEschismaticus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600scismatique
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scismatik
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1503–1512schismatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skeyd-‘to split, to divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*skid-yé-tireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχῐ́ζωskhĭ́zō‘to split’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχίσμαskhísma‘cleft, division’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχισματικόςskhismatikós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEschismaticus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600scismatique
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scismatik
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1503–1512schismatic
Earliest quotation: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood: “He semeth a sysmatyke Or els an heretike, For…”
The story
The music sense is based on schisma, from the same ultimate Greek source; compare schism.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- ‘to split, to divide’
shit, rescind, rescission, 25 more
through Proto-Indo-European *skid-yé-ti
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a schism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- / schismatic