Where does “schizencephalic” come from?

schizencephalic (English) comes from English schiz, from English schizophrenic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

schizencephalic (English): Having the head split longitudinally

Definitions

  1. Having the head split longitudinally

Ancestry of “schizencephalic”, step by step

schizencephalic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English schiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishschizAn insane person
2EnglishschizophrenicOf or relating to schizophrenia; Afflicted with...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English encephalic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishencephalicof or relating to the encephalon
2EnglishencephalonThe area of central nervous system that includes...
3Ancient Greekἐγκέφαλοςinside the head; brain; heart of the date palm
4Ancient Greekκεφαλήhead; a person's life; the top-most part
5LatinTaxusyew
6Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
7Spanish-scopio-scope
8Latin-scopium
9Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
10Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
11Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
12Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en