schist
English
/ʃɪst/
noun
Definitions
- Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
Etymology
Derived from French schiste derived from Latin schistos lapis (the stone that is easy to split) derived from Ancient Greek σχίζω (split, cut, I tear, I split, cleave).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σχίζω
Gloss
split, cut, I tear, I split, cleave
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blue English
- blueschist English
- gray English
- grayschist English
- green English
- greenschist English
- grey English
- greyschist English
- schistaceous English
- schistic English
- schistify English
- schistose English
- schistous English
- schisty English
- schizocoele English
- schizoid English
- trichoschisis English
- white English
- whiteschist English
- schistos lapis Latin
- Schizophrenie German
- schizophren German
- schist Dutch, Flemish
- schiste French
- σχίζω Ancient Greek
- σχίσις Ancient Greek
- σχυζειν Ancient Greek
- schizofreni Norwegian Bokmål
- xisto Portuguese
- schizofreni Norwegian Nynorsk
- σχίζω Greek (modern)
- σκίζω gkm
- *skʰíďďō Proto-Hellenic