The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσχισματικός
- Latin · derived fromschismaticus
- Middle French · derived fromscismatique
- Middle English · inherited fromscismatik
- English todayschismatic
From Middle English scismatik with etymological respelling, from Middle French scismatique, from Latin schismaticus, from Ancient Greek σχισματικός (skhismatikós), from σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”). The music sense is based on schisma, from the same ultimate Greek source; compare schism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.