Where does “Split” come from?

Split, the Dalmatian coastal city, derives from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος, itself from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος, a thorny shrub that grew in the region.

Split (English): To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line

Definitions

  1. To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line

Ancestry of “Split”, step by step

Split traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian Splȉt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianSplȉt—
2ItalianSpalato—
3LatinSpalatum—
4Ancient GreekΣπάλαθος—
5Ancient GreekἈσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
6Ancient Greekἀσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush

via Dutch splitten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsplittento divide, to break up
2Middle Dutchsplittento split

Words derived from “Split”

Every word from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος →