The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσχίζω“I split”
- English todayschistocyte
From Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, jar”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσχίζω all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.