diacope

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιακοπή“gash, cleft, rupture”
2. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromdiacopē
3. English todaydiacope

Learned borrowing from Late Latin diacopē, from Ancient Greek διακοπή (diakopḗ, “gash, cleft, rupture”), from διά (diá, “through, across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”)