The story
- Latin · derived frompelta“shield”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσχίζω“split”
- English todayschizopeltid
Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “split”) + Latin pelta (“shield”)
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσχίζω all →
schistocyteschizo-schizocoeleschizonttrichoschisis
Latinpelta all →
peltpeltapeltidium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.