The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσχίζω“to split”
- English todayschizoid
From schiz(ophrenia)- + -oid, from German, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσχίζω all →
schistocyteschizo-schizocoeleschizontschizopeltidtrichoschisis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.