词汇 | schism |
词源 | schism [LME] This goes back to Greek skhisma ‘cleft’ from skhizein ‘to split’. This is also the origin of schizophrenia [E20th] combining skhizein with phren ‘mind’, and of the rock called schist [L18th] which splits easily into layers. |
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