Where does “fissile” come from?

fissile (English) comes from Latin fissilis, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fissile (English): Able to be split; Easily split along a grain;...

Definitions

  1. Able to be split; Easily split along a grain;...

Ancestry of “fissile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfissilisable to be split
2Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
3Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fissile”

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