The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχάσμα“abyss, cleft”
- Latin · derived fromchasma
- English todaychasm
From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”). Doublet of chasma. Compare schism. Displaced native Old English swelh and Old English elh.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.